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Controlled Atmosphere Brazing is the basic process for manufacturing automotive heat exchangers and many other applications such as HVAC, industrial cooling, power generation, household equipment, etc. The first series of brazing systems took place in continuous mesh belt lines. Since the 1980s, when SECO/WARWICK delivered one of the first CAB furnaces in the world, the CAB continuous furnaces are still the basic equipment / solution for mass production.
Heat exchangers manufactures are not only OEMs which use high output CAB lines for mass production of similar sized products, but also smaller companies including the aftermarket sector which has significant diversity in size and type in their manufacturing programs. For over 20 years SECO/WARWICK has been providing the market a semi-continuous Active Only® CAB furnace, which is the right solution for this demanding market. In the last few years, the Active Only® line has seen increased application in the HVAC sector for large size industrial condenser brazing and in the automotive sector for special products such as battery coolers or WCAC.
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