Development, design and manufacture of industrial furnaces for the heat treatment of metals
Ipsen International GmbH
Kleve, GermanyNew on Amplifa
About Ipsen International
Ipsen International Holding is a German company headquartered in Kleve that develops, designs and manufactures industrial furnaces. The company's furnaces – vacuum furnaces, atmosphere furnaces and pusher furnaces – are used for the heat treatment of steel, titanium alloys and other metals in processes such as hardening, quenching, tempering, carburizing, carbonitriding, nitrocarburizing, bright annealing, annealing, vacuum brazing, temperature brazing and plasma nitriding. The systems meet the high quality requirements of engines, gearboxes, power plant engineering and other industrial components and equipment. Customers include companies from medical technology, wind power, aviation, the food industry, automotive, aerospace, toolmaking, mechanical engineering and heat treatment. As of 2022, the Ipsen Group had 1,000 employees worldwide, with manufacturing sites in Germany, the USA and India, support centers in China and Japan, and sales/service representations in 34 other countries.
- Site
- Kleve
- Processes
- Hardening, Quenching, Tempering, Carburizing, Carbonitriding, Nitrocarburizing, Bright annealing, Annealing
- Materials
- Steel, Titanium alloys, Vacuum furnace, Atmosphere furnace, Pusher furnace
- Founded
- 1948
- Employees
- 1000
- Industries
- Medical technology, Wind power, Aviation, Food industry, Automotive, Aerospace
- 01
Engineering & Design
- 02
Manufacture of furnace components
- 03
Assembly of industrial furnaces
- 04
Sales & Service
Materials & Processes
Steel
Main material for heat treatment in Ipsen furnaces, e.g. hardening and carburizing.
Titanium alloys
Heat treatment of titanium alloys, in particular to improve microstructural properties.
Vacuum furnace
Furnace type for vacuum brazing and vacuum-supported heat treatment processes.
Atmosphere furnace
Furnace type for processes such as carburizing, carbonitriding and annealing under atmosphere.
Pusher furnace
Continuous furnace for continuous heat treatment of large batch sizes.
Sites
Kleve
DEManufacturing site
- Materials
- Steel, titanium alloys
- Vacuum furnace
- Atmosphere furnace
- Pusher furnace
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HardeningHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel, Titanium alloys, other metals |
| QuenchingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel, Titanium alloys, other metals |
| TemperingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel, Titanium alloys |
| CarburizingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| CarbonitridingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| NitrocarburizingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Bright annealingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel, Metals |
| AnnealingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel, Metals |
| Vacuum brazingJoining | – | – | – | – | Metals |
| Temperature brazingJoining | – | – | – | – | Metals |
| Plasma nitridingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Manufacture of industrial systems (developing, designing and manufacturing industrial furnaces)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacuum furnace | Ipsen | – | – | – | – |
| Atmosphere furnace | Ipsen | – | – | – | – |
| Pusher-type furnace | Ipsen | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
History
- 1948
Founded as Ipsen Industries by Harold Ipsen in Rockford, Illinois
- 1957
Expansion with a manufacturing site in Kleve, Germany