High Temp. Furnaces

Different people think different things when and if they think about high temperature furnaces.

What's high temp to you may be low temp to somebody else.

Typically anything over 1100°C is considered high temperature. With the advent of the Molybdenum Disilicide element (sometimes referred to as Moly Disilicide, sometimes just as Moly D's,) in the late 1970's, high temperature furnaces were pushed past the 1500°C limiting factor of the Silicon Carbide element.

For most processes the 1500°C threshold will suffice. But like everything else in science, needs and processes have changed. A good example is Fuel Cell technology. Fuel Cells operate at high temperatures and therefore must be processed at high temperature, typically 1700°C and higher.

Most metal fabricators can get by with running in the 1100° to 1200°C range. What needs to be bent, dried, cleaned and annealed can all be done at those relatively low temperatures. Relative only to the higher temp furnaces.

We sell a number of small furnaces that measure a mere 4" wide x 5" deep x 4" high. A lot of the manufacturers I represent have chambers in that range and bigger, all the way up to 24" wide x 36"deep x 18" high. If you need a custom furnace, certainly they are available, and if you need a custom high temperature furnace, we represent a few manufacturers that can customize any furnace to your specifications. Give us a try.

Now back to my pizza analogy. I wouldn't recommend it, but if you're going to be so bold.....one to three minutes is all I recommend, and keep an eye on that sucker, frozen or not...you're going to burn it, and you're going to burn it quickly. Have fun, and let me know about your adventure.

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posted by Burt @ 10:08 AM