Month: June 2018

Heat treatment processes such as annealing and curing are rarely associated with clean energy and sustainability, due to their high energy demands and potentially large emission outputs. Clean energy components and instruments are commonly fabricated from conventional materials, such as aluminum, which are formulated through traditional, energy-intensive methods. The schism between the carbon footprint of production methodologies is often at odds with the values of the application sector. Sustainability is key for clean energy high temperature furnaces, which require highly-stable ceramic fiber insulation to reduce energy loss and optimize the temperature profiles of heating chambers. Generating temperatures of up to…

The TransTemp transparent tube laboratory furnace is a unique heat treatment instrument that offers distinct advantages to researchers in academic or industrial development applications. Its innovative structure is comprised of three concentric tubes and a coaxial, brazed heating coil capable of generating temperatures exceeding 1000°C (1832°F). There are numerous benefits to this mechanical arrangement, but the unique selling point of the transparent tube laboratory furnace is the proprietary design of its coaxial tubes – particularly the outermost cylinder. This tubular component has a non-toxic gold plating on its interior, which acts as an exceptional insulator to reflect infrared energy uniformly…

Powder coating ovens are designed to bond high-performance powder particles to the substrates of metallic components. This is achieved through electrostatic methods, which involves projecting a stream of charged powder particles onto the substrate of a conductive material and curing it under tightly-controlled temperature parameters. The resulting thermoplastic coating acts as a tough synthetic skin to improve the mechanical resistances or aesthetic finish of critical components. This is the preferred surface treatment method for a range of industries, particularly where durability and uniformity are of paramount importance. The automotive sector regularly uses powder coating ovens to treat individual mechanical components…

Researchers and manufacturers operating within specialized laboratory or industrial sectors typically require bespoke equipment to achieve distinct operation parameters. These custom applications can rarely be served by ready-made instruments with pre-defined dimensions and capacities, despite broad functional improvements to ready-made manufacturing and test equipment. Heat treatment instruments for unique applications are typically made on a custom basis, allowing operators to precisely determine the functionalities of the product, from its heating capacity to the efficacy of its ceramic insulation. Custom furnaces can be designed to virtually limitless specifications for every established and emerging heat treatment technique. Annealing, quenching, and tempering furnaces…

The ongoing development of nanomaterials represents significant potential benefits to almost every established industry on the planet. Medicine, technology, and construction all stand to benefit from the application of nanomolecular structures with unique quantum properties distinct to their geometrical dimensions and physiochemical compositions. Photo-emissive nanocrystals have currently set the benchmark for organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar light absorption efficiency, with potential applications in targeted pharmaceuticals. Graphene, meanwhile, is routinely hailed as the miracle material of future construction and engineering, with ultra-high strength properties belying its thickness of a single micron. However, few nanomaterials exhibit the range of potential applications of carbon…