The use of a pressure swing absorption (PSA) nitrogen supply for annealing carbon and alloy steel wire

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How a Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) nitrogen system can be used to provide nitrogen for a customer’s ferrous wire annealing process The customer, a manufacturer of steel fasteners, has large batch annealing furnaces for annealing wire product prior to cold heading. From metallographic analysis and the review of the operation of a PSA nitrogen system, it will be seen that desired part quality of carbon steel material can be obtained with significant reduction in nitrogen costs.

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How a Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) nitrogen system can be used to provide nitrogen for a customer’s ferrous wire annealing process The customer, a manufacturer of steel fasteners, has large batch annealing furnaces for annealing wire product prior to cold heading. From metallographic analysis and the review of the operation of a PSA nitrogen system, it will be seen that desired part quality of carbon steel material can be obtained with significant reduction in nitrogen costs.

Additional information

Author(s)

Brian B. Bonner, Scott W. Thurber, Air Products & Chemicals Inc. and Nucor Fastener, U.S.A.

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 58th Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Year

1988