The heat treatment furnaces are located outdoors, in an area of about 10,000 sqm used for material handling and storage operations. To unload the larger pieces, two gantry cranes with a capacity of 8 and 30T and two truck-mounted cranes with a capacity of 40T and 50T are used. Considerable-sized pieces can therefore be handled, even exceeding 100T. Whenever the client’s requirements call for the absence of surface oxidation during the process, heat treatments in a controlled atmosphere are also carried out, particularly on large pieces.