New Approach to Material Handling Within the Heating, Heat-Treatment Cell.

The article discusses a patented, and technologically-advanced type of furnace that can handle materials within the heating and heat-treatment cell. It cites the car-bottom or the bogie-hearth furnaces that are mainstays of most heat-treat and forging operations and use batch systems. It cites the Mobi-Hearth furnace, which has no wheels or moving parts but relies on the transporter for motion