Product Highlight: Furnace Tool Balancer

We developed the original Furnace Tool Balancer when a customer came to us with a need of a balancer for a 20' long deslag tool with the stipulation that it could not take up overhead room in front of the furnace. Over the years, we have refined our design to make the moving frames out of tetrahedron trusses which has reduced the weight considerably. The Furnace Tool Balancer is completely air-operated using fill and bleed type circuits to supply ultra-sensitive pilot operated regulators to control the overall counterbalance and the tool tilt. An operator simply sets the desired counterbalance pressure for the overall weight and tool tilt and then performs the same motions that would be used when manually cleaning the furnace.

Here are some pictures of the Furnace Tool Balancer:

We also have several video clips showing the Furnace Tool Balancer in operation:

Manually Inserting Furnace Tool
Manually Inserting Furnace Tool duration: 31 seconds
Using Furnace Tool Balancer to Insert Tool
Using Furnace Tool Balancer to Insert Tool duration: 36 seconds
Manually Cleaning Furnace
Manually Cleaning Furnace duration: 49 seconds
Using the Furnace Tool Balancer to Clean Furnace
Using the Furnace Tool Balancer to Clean Furnace duration: 64 seconds
Overhead Linkage of Furnace Tool Balancer During Operation
Furnace Tool Balancer's Overhead Linkage duration: 20 seconds
Ease of Lifting with the Furnace Tool Balancer
Ease of Lifting with the Furnace Tool Balancer duration: 8 seconds