The Carbolite Gero high temperature tube furnaces HTRH can be used horizontally up to 1800 °C.
High-quality insulation materials guarantee low energy consumption and heating rates due to their low thermal conductivity. The insulation and molybdenum disilicide (MoSi2) heating elements are installed in the rectangular housing. The heating elements are vertically hanging and can be replaced easily. At higher temperatures and in the presence of oxygen, MoSi2 develops an oxide (SiO2) layer, which protects the heating elements against further thermal or chemical corrosion.
Three-zone tube furnaces (HTRH-3) can achieve better temperature uniformity than single-zone versions. Each zone is equipped with a dedicated thermocouple and controller in these models, which is especially useful to preheat the gases required for reactions inside the system.
The HTRH tube furnaces do not include an integral work tube. The work tube must be selected as an additional item. The work tube length depends on the application and will vary if used with or without a modified atmosphere or vacuum.
APPLICATION EXAMPLES
CIM, CVD, MIM, ageing, annealing, brazing, calcination, catalyst research, coating, degassing, drying, fuel cell testing, hardening, mini-plants, pyrolysis, sintering, soldering, sublimation, synthesis, tempering, thermocouple calibration
STANDARD FEATURES
- 1800 °C maximum operating temperature
- Programmable temperature controller with 24 segments: HTRH fitted with EPC3016P1, HTRH-3 fitted with CC-T1
- Over-temperature protection
- Accepts work tubes with outer diameters up to 100 mm for use with modified atmosphere
- Accepts work tubes with outer diameters up to 200 mm for use in air
- Heated lengths of 100, 150, 250, 300, 600 or 900 mm
- Low thermal mass ceramic fibre insulation
- High-quality MoSi2 heating elements in a vertical, hanging position
- Rectangular housing with holes for convection cooling
- Available with 1 – 3 heating zones
- The furnace comes with a separate control box with a 3 m cable, plug and socket
- Ethernet communications
OPTIONS (SPECIFY THESE AT THE TIME OF ORDER)
- A range of sophisticated digital controllers, multisegment programmers and data loggers with digital communication options is available – more information about controllers
- A range of additional work tubes is available in a variety of materials
- Insulation plugs & radiation shields are strongly recommended for high temperature vertical tube furnaces to prevent heat loss & improve uniformity
- Modified atmosphere and vacuum assemblies are available – more information
- Vacuum packages with a choice of rotary vane pump or turbomolecular pump are available for furnaces with tube – inner diameters of 60 mm and above
- Oxygen sensor for inert gas packages
- Gas packages with manual or automatic valves for up to 3 gases
- 6 m long cable between furnace body and control box with plug and socket
TECHNICAL DETAILS
- outer case
- ceramic fibre end insulation
- ceramic fibre case insulation
- heating elements
- ceramic fibre inner insulation