Industrial and laboratory furnaces are extremely specialized devices which are meant for extremely high temperature works. Tube furnace is an extremely effective and innovate type of heating equipment that can work in 800 °C to 1800 °C temperature range. Considering that they are devices are supposed to stand up to very high temperatures, they are built with best materials and to very tight tolerances.
These are devices meant for usage in inorganic chemistry work like syntheses and purification of different inorganic compounds. Most common design of this tube heating device is a cylinder-shaped cavity around which the heating coils are wrapped to ensure equivalent heat distribution.
Transport experiments are also done using furnaces with two separate heating zones. As of now, manufacturing of furnaces with as many as 10 heating zones is regularly done. Quartz furnaces and stainless-steel furnaces can sustain temperatures in 100 to 1200 degrees ranges. For higher ranges like 1200 degrees to 1800 degrees, you can get alumina tube. Along with multi-zone, you can also get vertical, horizontal, split type & rotary type furnace at appropriate prices
Common uses of these high heat Tube furnaces:
- Chemical industry uses these devices to heat and melt metals for casting and forging
- Pharma industry uses these devices for manufacturing specialized medicines at large scale
- Glass industry uses these devices to melt silica to form custom shaped glass artefacts
- Cement industry uses these devices to manufacture cement from sand and other chemicals
- Chemistry labs use these devices for high temperature experiment work
- Defense laboratories use these furnaces for explosives testing and research
Special features of these Tube furnaces:
- These furnaces are designed to be fully automatic & you can use them in set and forget mode.
- The furnaces come with pressure gauge for negative pressure monitoring and protection.
- Quality heating elements ands suitable motors ensure long life and effective usage.
- The furnaces are equipped with K25 clamps which hold on to things even in extreme heat.
- These devices are fiber body insulated for heat retention and operator protection
- These devices are PID controlled and have PLC with HMI features to ensure simple operation.
Safety in heating equipment:
Considering the extreme temperatures, these devices are dealing with, safety become a paramount concern. You should look for equipment that features temperature and overheat sensors and cutoff mechanism. Alarms should be available for low and high heat ranges. Always ensure that you get tongs and safety gloves to handle the device and material for which it will be used. Insulation must be of very high quality and yet low weight and density. Appropriate gas valves, vacuum sealing flanges etc, must also be provided. If manufacturer offers, safety training ensure that everyone involved gets that.
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