Case Study: Furnace Fixers achieves a 40% performance improvement with SimScale

Furnace Fixers used CFD with SimScale to improve the performance of its furnace by 40%

Furnace Fixers, a US-based industrial furnace and conveyor builder with over 35 years’ experience, faced a challenge delivering uniform part-level temperatures (±20°F) for a non‑standard wide‑opening furnace. Their in‑house CAD CFD tools and estimates had underestimated required fan performance, risking a costly rebuild, so they turned to SimScale’s cloud‑based CFD platform and support to perform robust numerical testing before construction.

Using SimScale’s platform and customer success help, Furnace Fixers ran 16 CFD simulations (about 1,200 core hours) in parallel over roughly four weeks to compare two‑ vs three‑fan layouts, 10" vs 12" blades, speeds and directions. SimScale’s results validated a three‑fan configuration with 12" blades, the built furnace outperformed expectations by 40%, avoided reconstruction, and led Furnace Fixers to purchase a yearly SimScale Professional plan for ongoing use.

Furnace Fixers

Craig LaMotte

Engineer