Pre-heating with Autogen. What is it for?
Autogen is the technology using an oxy-fuel flame to heat up a workpiece at the requested temperature within the requested time range. There are various other applications where the strong heating flame is needed, where the autogen technology can be used and where the automation of the heating process is required. As for example:
- preheating of the workpieces before welding
- preheating before cutting,
- before forming metals,
- heating materials for the hard brazing
- glass processing
High Quality Steel
High-strength steels or the hard steels with high resistance against abrasion, armored steels etc. require preheating before cutting them and before welding them. Preheating is the solution of many welding issues as e.g. the thin-thick plates combination, to avoid moisture and related hydrogen diffusion to the material, welding in the low ambient temperatures, cold workpieces etc.