More capacity, lower energy, on the same furnace platform — backed by patented heater technology built to eliminate a common failure point.
The connection between heater elements is typically secured with multiple screws. A complete heater can contain up to 24 screw holes.
Field observation under customer operating conditions.
Up to 24 openings create local stress concentration.
Room temperature to ~1650°C, repeatedly.
More than 2× difference between heater and screw materials.
Microscopic unevenness produces localized loading.
Stress concentrates around the screw-hole connections during repeated thermal cycling.
A bonded connection removes the drilled holes and eliminates the conventional screw-induced stress mechanism.
36S Hot-Zone Cutaway — same furnace platform
The chart below shows calculated annual gains across progressively engineered ACX hot-zone configurations.
Shown for the 38T Pro Max T8 configuration.
ACX engineered hot zones — identical furnace.
Capacity gain and energy reduction by configuration, identical furnace platform. Source: ACX engineering data.