Furnace load and quench handling, hands out of the heat.
Robotic load and unload of furnaces, quench tanks, and induction stations — consistent placement and timing on high-mix parts, reconfigured in software per part number.
The work is changing faster than you can staff it.
The dexterous, high-mix, contact-rich jobs are exactly the work classical automation was never built to hold — and the people who used to absorb it are getting harder to find.
Out of the heat
Furnace and quench tending is high-heat, burn- and strain-risk work. Automating it pulls people away from the hot zone and the manual transfer of hot, heavy parts.
Timing that holds
Soak and quench timing drive the metallurgy. The cell holds transfer and quench timing every cycle, so results stay repeatable instead of drifting with the operator.
Traceable cycles
Every load, soak, and quench is logged part by part, turning a hard-to-audit process into a documented one for quality and compliance.
What the service covers.
One cell, reconfigured per part — not a new machine for every job on the floor.
Furnace load / unload
Place and retrieve parts from batch and continuous furnaces on consistent timing.
Quench transfer
Move parts to quench on repeatable timing to hold the intended metallurgy.
Induction tending
Load and index parts through induction hardening stations.
Basket & fixture handling
Load baskets, trays, and fixtures to pattern for batch processing.
Hot-part transfer
Move hot parts between stations without manual handling in the heat.
Cycle logging
Log load, soak, and quench timing on every part for traceability.
One cell. Assembly, inspection, finishing.
Qualified off-site. Running in weeks.
The slow, hard engineering happens on our floor — so the cell arrives tested and dialed in instead of tying up your team for months. A new part is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.
- 01ScopePart, takt, fixturing, and safety boundary fixed upfront.
- 02Pre-buildCell built and tuned at Relling HQ, not your line.
- 03ConfigureSized and fixtured to your exact part.
- 04QualifyProven safe and capable before it ships.
- 05PilotFirst production run on your line.
- 06ProductionRunning the work, shift after shift.
- 07FleetAdd cells as the work pays for them.
Everything arrives in one qualified unit.
Arm, sensing, tooling, software, and safety, selected for your part and qualified as a set.
Manipulator & end-effector
Arm and tooling selected for your part, qualified as a set.
Closed-loop vision
Finds the part, adjusts in real time, verifies its own work.
Skill library & runtime
A new part is a reconfiguration, not a rebuild.
Safety & technician interface
Guarding sized to your floor, failures explained in plain language.
Will it fit your aisle? Yes.
Representative configuration. Final specs are issued with the proposal.
Bring Relling to your shop floor.
We started Relling to help American manufacturers make more of what this country needs. We'll scope projects to your needs and quote you so that your ROI typically closes within 24 months.
