Month: October 2017

Calcination is a heat treatment process where ores or other solid materials are heated below the melting point in the absence or a limited supply of air. This process is done to induce thermal decomposition, the removal of a volatile fraction, or phase transition. Typically, calcination furnaces are heated to process temperatures of 800oC to 1300oC, depending on the application. Other calcination process parameters can include tight thermal profiles with strict tolerances. Calcination furnaces can vary in their configuration, but typically they are either muffle, reverberatory, or shaft furnaces or kilns. When a sample is being calcinated it is often…

Industrial ovens are complex pieces of machinery, and ensuring they are running efficiently is critical for companies to keep energy usage and running costs down. This blog post will look at how companies can ensure that their industrial oven is running at the optimal efficiency. Heat Sources in Industrial Ovens Gas-fired industrial ovens are traditionally the most common type of oven, due to their low running costs compared to other heat sources. They work by heating the entire oven quickly and the heat is generally able to reach every part of the sample. These industrial ovens often lose a large…