Aalberts Surface Technologies – Paulo Nashville Division
About the AST-Nashville Division
AST-Nashville features both a large Integral Quench heat treating line and Vacuum capacity. The Nashville Division supports customers in the Mid-South and Southeast US with processes such as carburizing, ferritic nitrocarburizing, vacuum heat treating and more with state-of-the-art equipment and automated systems.
AST-Nashville Division Information
Office Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 am–5:00 pm Production Hours: 24/7
3206 Ambrose Ave Nashville, TN 37207
Phone: (615) 228-2526
Fax: (615) 228-2734
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AST-Nashville Equipment
AST-Nashville features high-tech computer automated equipment to support a broad range of integral quench and vacuum heat treating services. Below you will find a few key examples of our Nashville division equipment along with their specifications.
vacuum furnace
The vacuum furnaces in AST-Nashville have IATF and CQI-9 certifications for the automotive market; they can perform vacuum hardening, vacuum annealing, vacuum stress relief and vacuum solution treatment processes.
- Number of Furnaces: 5
- Maximum Working Area Size: 60″ x 36″ x 36″
- Minimum Temperature: 300°F
- Maximum Temperature: 2,450°F
- Maximum Capacity: 8,000 lbs @ 2,400°F
- Atmosphere: Nitrogen
batch integral quench furnace
Our integral quench furnaces in Nashville perform stress relieving, annealing, neutral hardening, carburizing, carbonitriding, and ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC) processes.
- Number of Furnaces: 8
- Maximum Working Area: 48″ x 36″ x 38″
- Minimum Temperature: 900°F
- Maximum Temperature: 1,750°F
- Maximum Weight: 3,500 lbs
- Atmosphere: Endothermic Gas
- Brand: AFC
vacuum purge nitriding furnace
The vacuum purge nitriding furnaces in Nashville can run three processes: gas nitriding, ferritic nitrocarburizing, oxynitriding, and post oxidation. This furnace can also perform vacuum inert gas-nitrogen tempering, stress relief and aging.
- Number of Furnaces: 1
- Maximum Working Area Size: 70″ x 47″ x 39″
- Maximum Temperature: 1,382°F
- Maximum Capacity: 6,600 lbs @ 100°F
- Atmosphere: Various Depending on Process
- Brand: KGO
vacuum furnace
The vacuum furnaces in AST-Nashville have IATF and CQI-9 certifications for the automotive market; they can perform vacuum hardening, vacuum annealing, vacuum stress relief and vacuum solution treatment processes.
- Number of Furnaces: 5
- Maximum Working Area Size: 60″ x 36″ x 36″
- Minimum Temperature: 300°F
- Maximum Temperature: 2,450°F
- Maximum Capacity: 8,000 lbs @ 2,400°F
- Atmosphere: Nitrogen
batch integral quench furnace
Our integral quench furnaces in Nashville perform stress relieving, annealing, neutral hardening, carburizing, carbonitriding, and ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC) processes.
- Number of Furnaces: 8
- Maximum Working Area: 48″ x 36″ x 38″
- Minimum Temperature: 900°F
- Maximum Temperature: 1,750°F
- Maximum Weight: 3,500 lbs
- Atmosphere: Endothermic Gas
- Brand: AFC
vacuum purge nitriding furnace
The vacuum purge nitriding furnaces in Nashville can run three processes: gas nitriding, ferritic nitrocarburizing, oxynitriding, and post oxidation. This furnace can also perform vacuum inert gas-nitrogen tempering, stress relief and aging.
- Number of Furnaces: 1
- Maximum Working Area Size: 70″ x 47″ x 39″
- Maximum Temperature: 1,382°F
- Maximum Capacity: 6,600 lbs @ 100°F
- Atmosphere: Various Depending on Process
- Brand: KGO
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