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Vertical Conveyor Oven from Grieve

No. 959 is a 300ºF, electrically-heated, vertical conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for curing electronic parts at the customer’s facility.  Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 36” W x 89” D x 115” H.   40KW are installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular elements to heat the oven chamber, while a 6000 CFM, 5-HP recirculating blower provides vertical downward airflow to the workload.

This Grieve vertical conveyor oven features 4” insulated walls, aluminized steel interior and exterior, motor-operated vertical lift door at the loading/unloading opening and two (2) independent doors for access to the workspace.  Twenty-seven (27) product carrier trays, each 30” wide by 14” long, supported at each side by a heavy-duty roller chain, driven by a ½-HP drive motor, controlled by a variable frequency drive, are also included.

Controls on No. 959 include a digital temperature controller, manual reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors, recirculating blower air flow safety switch, plus a tower light to indicate machine status.  The oven is built to exacting JIC/NEMA 12 electrical standards.

For more information, please contact: THE GRIEVE CORPORATION, 500 Hart

Road, Round Lake, Illinois 60073-2835 USA.  Phone: (847) 546-8225.  Fax: (847) 546-

9210.  Web: www.grievecorp.com. Email: sales@grievecorp.com. Attention: Frank

Calabrese.

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350°F Vertical Conveyor Oven

No. 961 is an electrically-heated 350°F(~176.67°C) vertical conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for preheating baskets of steel parts. 30 KW are installed in Incoloy sheathed tubular heating elements. Workspace dimensions are 30” wide x 62” deep x 118” high.

The unit has 4” insulated walls and an aluminized steel interior and exterior. It is also equipped with a removable top-mounted heat chamber (shown on floor in photo) and a motor-operated vertical lift door.

A 4200 CFM, 3-HP recirculating blower provides vertical upward airflow to the workload. Ten 200 lb. capacity carriers with roller surfaces, 31” wide x 14” long, are supported on each side by a heavy-duty roller chain. The carriers are driven through the conveyor by a 3/4-HP drive motor controlled by a variable frequency drive. Fifteen loading baskets are included with the oven. A loading table with rollers lines up with the rollers on the carriers and a latch holds the baskets in place on the carrier.

Controls onboard No. 961 include a digital temperature controller, recirculating blower airflow safety switch, 10” diameter circular chart recorder and a manual reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors.

For more information, please contact: THE GRIEVE CORPORATION, 500 Hart
Road, Round Lake, Illinois 60073-2835 USA.  Phone: (847) 546-8225.  Fax: (847) 546-
9210.  Web: www.grievecorp.com. Email: sales@grievecorp.com. Attention: Frank
Calabrese.

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450ºF Gas-fired Vertical Conveyor Oven from Grieve

998 GrieveNo. 998 is a 450ºF (~232ºC) gas-fired, vertical conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for curing rubber parts at the customer’s facility.  Workspace of this unit measures 68”W x 74”D x 121”H.  400,000 BTU/HR are installed in a modulating natural gas burner to heat the oven, while a 6,000 CFM, 5HP recirculating blower provides a combination airflow to the workload.

This vertical conveyor oven has 4” insulated walls throughout, stainless steel exterior with #4 brushed finish, Type 304, 2B stainless steel interior with continuously backwelded seams, two side doors for access to the workspace and loading/unloading positions on each side to accept the customer’s fixtures, with a counterweight to hold the fixtures horizontal while passing upward through the oven chamber.  The unit was constructed to be split into two sections for shipment.

The vertical conveyor on No. 998 is driven by a 3/4HP motor, controlled by a variable frequency drive, delivering 2.2 to 22.4 inches per minute of movement.  Special light curtains guard the loading/unloading areas to stop indexing the conveyor, while each loading position is monitored by a laser photo eye to ensure a position is unloaded before the next indexing occurs.  The system is controlled by PCC with a human interface screen.

All safety equipment required by IRI, FM and National Fire Protection Association Standard 86 for gas-heated equipment is onboard this Grieve oven, including 2000CFM, 2HP powered forced exhausters.  The entire unit is built to NEMA 12 electrical standards.

Controls include a digital indicating temperature controller, a two-pen 10” dia. circular chart recorder with one pen for temperature and one pen to indicate indexing, plus a tower light to indicate machine status.

For more information, please contact:

THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL  60073-2898
Phone:  (847) 546-8225
Fax:  (847) 546-9210
Web:  www.grievecorp.com
Email:  sales@grievecorp.com
Attention:  Frank Calabrese, VP

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250°F Gas-heated Vertical Conveyor Oven

933 GrieveNo. 933 is a gas-heated, 250°F vertical conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for post curing silicone rubber parts inside cardboard boxes.  Workspace dimensions measure 10’ W x 13’ D x 12’ H.  42 trays, each 72” wide x 23” long and rated for 100 lb. loading on 34” centers, lower vertically and pass back into the heating zone, then exit at the top of the heating zone and pass downward through cooling.  (One tray shown in photo)

Two 6,000 CFM, 5 HP recirculating blowers provide a total 12,000 CFM vertical upward airflow to the loads.  Four 24” diameter tubeaxial fans are each driven by a 5 HP motor to push/pull air through the cooling zone on this Grieve conveyor oven.

No. 933 features 4” insulated walls, a removable top-mounted heat chamber (shown removed in photo), aluminized steel interior and exterior, plus two independent doors for access to the workspace.

All safety equipment required by IRI, FM and NFPA Standard 86 for gas-heated equipment are onboard this oven, including a 975 CFM, 1 HP powered forced exhauster for combustion venting.

This Grieve vertical conveyor oven is built to all applicable JIC/NEMA 12 electrical standards.

For more information, please contact:

THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL  60073-2898
Phone:  (847) 546-8225
Fax:  (847) 546-9210
Web:  www.grievecorp.com
Email:  sales@grievecorp.com
Attention:  Frank Calabrese, VP

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750°F Gas-fired Vertical Conveyor Oven from Grieve

917 GrieveNo. 917 is a gas-heated, 750°F vertical conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for sintering Teflon tubes.  Workspace dimensions measure 24”W x 26”D x 53”H.  The secondary cooling zone on this oven measures 24”W x 26”D x 54”H.  350,000 BTU/hr. are installed in a modulating natural gas burner, while a 2,000 CFM, 2-HP recirculating blower provides horizontal airflow to the workload.

29 trays, each 18” x 5”, rise vertically through load / unload zone, pass up through the oven heat and then down into the cooling zone below the oven.  A 1/2-HP motor drive, variable from .05 to 9 inches per minute, moves the trays through the unit.

This Grieve vertical conveyor oven features an aluminized steel exterior and interior, plus 6” thick insulated walls.  Two 12” diameter tubeaxial fans, each driven by a 3/4-HP motor, push / pull air through the cooling zone.

All safety devices required by IRI, FM and NFPA Standard 86 for gas-heated equipment are onboard this Grieve oven, including a 325 CFM, 1/3-HP powered forced exhauster.  No. 917 also features a digital indicating temperature controller and 10” diameter circular chart recorder.

For more information, please contact:

THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL  60073-2898
Phone:  (847) 546-8225
Fax:  (847) 546-9210
Web:  www.grievecorp.com
Email:  sales@grievecorp.com
Attention:  Frank Calabrese, VP

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Vertical Conveyor Humidity Chamber from Grieve

906 GrieveNo. 906 is an electrically-heated vertical conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for heating aluminum-clad automotive modules at a customer’s facility.  This oven has a maximum operating temperature of 250°F and overall workspace dimensions measuring 36”W x 38”D x 92”H.

20 kW total are installed in Incoloy sheathed tubular heating elements, while a 4,200 CFM, 3-HP recirculating blower provides vertical upward airflow to the load.  Eleven (11) trays, each 30”W x 14”D, ride vertically on a chain drive, individually indexed to the load/unload position.

This Grieve oven features an aluminized steel exterior and interior, top-mounted heat chamber, 4” thick insulated walls, two (2) independent doors for access to the workspace and heat chamber, loading table and safety light curtain at the load/unload position, plus a viewing window.

No. 906 is built to stringent JIC/NEMA 12 electrical standards and includes a remote control panel (not shown in photo).

For more information, please contact:

THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL  60073-2898
Phone:  (847) 546-8225
Fax:  (847) 546-9210
Web:  www.grievecorp.com
Email:  sales@grievecorp.com
Attention:  Frank Calabrese, VP

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