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Laboratory furnaces have proven instrumental in advancing the capabilities of modern electronics. They are key components for generating intermediate materials like single-crystal semiconductor ingots, which are subsequently used in the manufacture of almost all advanced electronic architectures. Capacitors. Diodes. Integrated circuits. Transistors. Each of these fundamental electronic components can be engineered and optimized using semiconducting materials like silicon (Si) and its various compounds. This has facilitated a…

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Unfinished metal alloys are subject to a wide range of chemistry-dependant corrosive phenomena that can limit their performance and service longevity. Iron (Fe) particles that are exposed to moisture and oxidation will gradually succumb to rust unless alloyed with sufficient levels of anti-corrosive elements like chromium (Cr) or protected with a veneer or functional coating. Stainless and galvanized steels represent the two primary metal types designed for…

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On Valentine’s Day, Thermcraft lost its founder, Mr. Morris L. Crafton, at 93. Nearly 50 years ago in January of 1971, Mr. Crafton and his wife Clara, founded Thermcraft on the principal of providing the best customer service available in the thermal processing industry. Born in West Palm Beach, FL, Mr. Crafton’s family later moved to NC where he grew up in the Charlotte area. Mr. Crafton…

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Industrial furnace manufacturers are tasked with developing heat treatment solutions that meet both broad and extremely specialized operating criteria. These may include wide temperature ranges with safety controls for extreme peak thermal conditions, unique considerations for future expansion, and specialist furnace geometries for processing difficult components. Humidity is an almost unavoidable factor in industrial and laboratory heat treatment processes. It is produced when the internal temperature of…

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Standard thermal processing equipment can be limiting in terms of device architecture and geometry. Specialist equipment manufacturers typically require a bespoke solution to guarantee optimal processing conditions for products and components that are chemically-sensitive or of a difficult scale. Custom industrial furnaces enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to tailor production lines to their unique thermal processing requirements. Improved automation, controlled environments, and unique accessibility features are just…

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Natural gas furnaces, or gas-fired ovens, use naturally-occurring gaseous mixtures of hydrogen (H) and carbon (C) as the primary source of fuel. These hydrocarbons can be extracted from oil wells where they exist as off-gas, or they may be found in isolated natural gas fields and extracted using specialized drilling rigs. It is a fossil energy source that has more closely aligned with renewables compared to petroleum... Read More