Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. has been contracted by Welded Tube of Canada to supply a complete quench-and-temper line for oil country tubular goods (OCTG), part of a new operation to be established in Welland, Ont.

Welded Tube of Canada is a Toronto-based producer of cold-formed carbon and HSLA steel tubes. It produces hollow structural sections (HSS), mechanical tube, API OCTG materials, line pipe, and sprinkler pipe, among other products.

The new plant in Welland is a C$50-million project that will produce tubing and casings, beginning later this year.

Can-Eng Furnaces will design the heat-treating system there, for tubing and casing in API 5CT grades L80/N80 and P110, with future considerations for Q125, in sizes 2.375 in. OD to 10.750 in. OD in lengths of 28 to 48 ft. at a maximum rated production capacity of 40 tons/hour. The water spray quench technology will incorporate OD as well as ID quenching for maximum flexibility.

Two furnaces, a walking-beam austenitizing furnace and a walking-beam temper furnace will use an alloy post-and-beam arrangement. They are to be installed with a side-charge and side-discharge configuration.

Also, Can-Eng Furnaces will supply several material handling systems for pipes, including loading conveyors, ambient-air and forced-air chain transfer tables, V-groove roller conveyors, water cooling system, pipe descaler, and Level II automation using Can-Eng Furnaces PET^™ (Process Enhancement Technology) system.

Can-Eng Furnaces is a Niagara Falls-based developer of heat-treating systems for various metal products, including slabs, coils, castings, forgings, weldments and fabrications. Its designs include continuous mesh belt furnace systems, continuous steel long product heat treatment systems, rotary hearth furnace systems, plate quench and temper furnace systems, plate normalizing furnaces systems, basketless heat treatment systems (BHTS^™), T4, T5, T6, T7 heat-treatment systems, and custom designs.