Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems announced a licensing agreement with Solo Swiss SA (Porrentruy, Switzerland).
The agreement grants Gasbarre exclusive rights to promote, sell, and manufacture the Solo ProfiTherm® heat-treating system in North America.
ProfiTherm is a modular arrangement of bell furnaces and quench tanks with direct, rapid transfer from furnace to quench — positioned as a practical alternative to traditional integral quench batch furnaces.
Why ProfiTherm is different for North American heat treaters:
- Compact layout with minimal infrastructure. ProfiTherm’s bell-furnace modular layout supports a more compact system footprint and simplifies installation requirements, reducing plant disruption and the infrastructure scope (no need for pits) often associated with conventional batch systems.
- Lower operating and maintenance cost — by design. ProfiTherm incorporates a metallic retort that supports fast furnace conditioning and quicker process changeovers, while helping protect refractory from process-gas exposure to improve refractory life. In addition, the design eliminates many traditional internal nickel-alloy material handling wear items (roller rails, chain guides, handler heads) that drive consumable spend and downtime in conventional systems — helping prevent furnace jams and simplifying service access.
ProfiTherm supports key heat-treat processes including austempering, marquenching, carburizing, carbonitriding, neutral hardening, and more, with quench options including water/polymer, oil, and salt. Target applications include captive heat-treat departments and commercial shops supporting general industry, aerospace, defense, and bearing markets.
More info: www.gasbarre.com or www.soloswiss.com
