The single cell die oven, which was such a huge advance over the chest oven, just isn’t good enough anymore. Since its introduction thirty-odd years ago, the SCDO has remained relatively unchanged. There have naturally been incremental improvements, but these haven’t nearly kept pace with the demands of today’s marketplace. To heat the die uniformly to within +/- 5ºC (10ºF) of billet temperature in the minimum amount of time without overheating and softening the die steel or damaging the nitride layer on the die bearing.
