The brainchild of the Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC), Qatar Aluminium Extrusion CO. (Qalex) has received a second nitriding system from Nitrex. The aluminium profiles manufacturer desired to equip a second extrusion plant with an independent nitriding furnace to safeguard handling, processing time and costs associated with having to transport extrusion dies back and forth from its first factory for nitriding work.
The fully integrated global provider in the surface treatment market, Nitrex Poland’s Project Manager, Marcin Stokłosa said, “This is the second turnkey system, but it might not be the last one. The story for the initial furnace we sold to Qalex is very long but interesting. Discussions lasted a few years and the customer eventually decided on an order in 2017.”
“In 2021, Qalex boosted the company’s production capacity with the acquisition of a second factory in Qatar dedicated to aluminium extrusion manufacturing and equipped with two extrusion presses. They knew they couldn't nitride all dies from both factories in one furnace. Every part of this order went like clockwork. The decision to invest in another Nitrex nitriding system was quick thanks to drivers like customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and the guaranteed levels of die performance and expected results achieved with the first system.”
Stokłosa further added, “Qalex was also very pleased with our technical support and spare parts accessibility. What they ordered is an exact copy of the first Nitrex installation–an identical configuration with the same furnace model, size and process technology.”
Qalex has selected the Nitrex compact system, a model NXK-1015 furnace equipped with process technology designed for nitriding extrusion dies.
However, Nitrex ensured a quick delivery at the request of the customer. Installation and start-up were accomplished in January 2022.
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