The metal industry faces numerous challenges. However, your company can meet or even exceed its business objectives by implementing the right electrotechnologies.
Whether you're looking to expand production, enhance the quality of your products or gain better control over your manufacturing cycles, unit costs or plant's energy efficiency, Hydro-Québec can help you!
Having contributed to the successful implementation of over 300 projects involving metallurgical applications, our experts are well positioned to understand your needs and expectations in the area of electrotechnologies and industrial processes and come up with effective solutions.
Surface treatment
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- Suitable for heat treatment
and galvanizing applications
- Extremely precise temperature control
- Can be used for localized heat treatment
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- Suitable for thermal and mechanical
abrasion applications
- Also suitable for thin-film deposition applications
(e.g., refractory or abrasion-resistant coatings)
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
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- Suitable for metalizing various substrates
- Highly precise beam focalization
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- Very high energy efficiency
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
- Can be used for focalized heat treatment
- Can be easily adapted to work with existing equipment
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- Electroplating and anodizing
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- Effective corrosion protection
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Heat treatment
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- High energy efficiency
- Short heating times
- Suitable for surface or through treatment
- Extremely precise temperature control
- Can be used for localized heat treatment
- Can be adapted for treating specific shapes
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- Simple heating system that's economical to buy and operate
- No combustion gases
- Sturdy construction
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- Very high energy efficiency
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere treatment
- Can be used for focalized heat treatment
- Can be easily adapted to work with existing equipment
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Curing and polymerization
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- Very high energy efficiency
- Fast and easy to control
- Quick start and easy adjustment
- Can be easily adapted to work with existing equipment
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- Ultraviolet (UV) (polymerization)
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- Suitable for treating surfaces or thin coatings
- Low specific consumption
- Solvent-free
- Superior finish
- High speed
- Can be easily adapted to work
with existing equipment
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- Higher speed and greater depth than
with UV radiation
- Cost-effective for large production runs
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Machining
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- Increased productivity: higher speed, high-precision cutting and machining, suitable for robot operation
- Broad range of applications
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- Electrical discharge machining
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- Suitable for high-precision applications
(e.g., machining small components or thick work pieces)
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- Suitable for high-precision applications
(e.g., machining very small components)
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- Quick start/stop
- Fast, precise die cutting
- Flexible operation
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| Electrotechnologies |
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- Higher energy efficiency
- Reduced metal losses
- Extremely precise temperature control
- More homogeneous melt as a result of electromagnetic mixing
- Healthier work environment
(no combustion gases)
- Can be easily adapted to work with
existing equipment
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- High thermal efficiency
- Quick melting due to the extremely high
contact temperature
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- Suitable for low-melting-point metals
(e.g., aluminum, lead, tin)
- Simple heating system that's economical to buy and operate
- No combustion gases
- Suitable for controlled-atmosphere melting
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- Suitable for melting high-purity alloys
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Testimonials
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Fonderie Poitras When Fonderie Poitras invested in modernizing its facilities, it made a wise choice: induction heating More |
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Metcor Metcor diversified its operations by implementing all-electric heat treatment and vacuum hardening furnaces. More |
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Stelfil Stelfil achieved galvanizing savings in wire manufacturing by choosing a heat pump to dry wastes. More |
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Les Trempeurs Thermetco Since they turned to an electric vacuum furnace, Trempeurs Thermetco have expanded their market. More |
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Nexans Nexans capitalized on reverse osmosis and mechanical vapor compression (MVC) to strengthen its competitive stance. More |
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Alphacasting Alphacasting specializes in ferrous and non-ferrous precision metal casting. More |
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