Materials

Thermal processing of materials is a critical step in manufacturing quality products. The world’s top manufacturers rely on Despatch for annealing, curing, bonding, drying, aging and heat treating of a wide variety of materials including polymers, composites, rubber, textiles, ceramics and aluminum. Despatch laboratory ovens are used for research and testing of these materials. 

Despatch manufactures large batch ovens and conveyor ovens for complex, high-volume production – ovens that deliver consistent, reliable results.
Over the past 100 years, Despatch has influenced the world’s greatest innovations. We are committed to partnering with our customers to provide custom solutions to unique materials processing challenges. For more than 40 years,carbon fiber manufacturers have utilized our world-leading oxidation technology to produce the highest quality and most uniform fiber. Despatch provides high quality aluminum solution heat treatingsystems to the demanding automotive and aerospace industries. Our productspecialists have extensive experience with applications that require clean processing,special atmospheres and ClassA standards for processing combustible materials.No one has more proven success in partnering with customers to deliver complex thermal processing solutions.

APPLICATIONS

Aluminum  

  • Solution heat treating and aging for aluminum including wheels, aluminum suspension and engine components

Polymers

  • Curing and annealing of thermoset
    plastics and adhesives

Composites

  • Drying, debinding and heat treating a wide range of fibers, woven and non-woven materials, pre-peg and composite materials
Carbon Fiber  

  • Oxidizing of carbon fiber pre-cursor
  • Drying and curing carbon fiber composite subassemblies

Industrial Applications

  • Castings, sand cores, industrial material processing and heat treatment