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High temperature furnaces are robust instruments that are typically encapsulated in heavy gage superstructures, with efficient heating elements and insulating components providing the necessary thermodynamic environment for distinct heat treatment processes. This arrangement can result in a high device footprint, often forcing industrial and laboratory facilities to compromise between specificity and versatility. The dual chamber high temperature furnace from Thermcraft aims to resolve this situation by providing... Read More

Natural gas furnaces use direct fuel combustion to heat a sample within the equipment’s internal chamber. Electrical heaters with ceramic fiber and metallic wire thermal elements have found more common application than natural gas furnaces in recent years, with advances in low mass vacuum forming of ceramic insulation providing improved thermodynamic capacities. However, certain firing applications require natural gas heating for increased heating speeds, improved temperature uniformity,... Read More

Thermal treatment of pharmaceutical products can take place at numerous stages of the development process. Inert drug-carrying materials may be sterilized with solvents and processed through heating equipment before they are compounded with biologically active ingredients. These dosage form pharmaceuticals are then typically cured in a sterile furnace to reduce the product’s hydroscopic qualities and its risk of phase transitions in the presence of packaging plastics. At... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More