Development of a State-of-the-Art Crankshaft Fillet-Hardening System

摘要

Over 75 years ago, Ajax Tocco Magnethermic developed and introduced induction hardening of crankshafts to the industry. In that time they have shipped hundreds of crankshaft hardening systems. ATM has also supplied high-production automotive-crankshaft hardening systems incorporating the critical requirement of fillet hardening. This concept originated in Europe approximately 50 years ago, and the Ajax Tocco supply of high-production crankshaft hardening systems was in cooperation with a European partner. As the automotive market and the automotive equipment-supply marketplace went global and became more competitive, and as the market demanded an improved solution, ATM needed to return to its roots and produce an entire system that met the market requirements.