Industrial equipment supplier Grieve has installed an electrically heated 2000°F(~1093°C) inert atmosphere heavy-duty box furnace. Industrial equipment supplier Grieve has installed an electrically heated 2000°F(~1093°C) inert atmosphere heavy-duty box furnace for the heat treatment of titanium.
According to the company, the furnace features 57 KW installed in nickel chrome wire coils, supported by vacuum-formed ceramic fiber. Its workspace dimensions are 30” wide x 48” deep x 30” high, while the oven’s 7” thick insulated walls comprise 5” of 2300°F ceramic fiber and 2” of 1700°F ceramic fiber. The unit is equipped with a roof-mounted heat-resisting alloy recirculating fan, powered by a 1-HP motor with V-belt drive, motor-operated vertical lift door, 100 lb capacity alloy loading cart with cast alloy roller rails, 3-1/2” diameter cast alloy rollers and a roller rail loading table with 4” diameter cast iron rollers.
Grieve says that the furnace also features inert atmosphere construction, consisting of a continuously welded outer shell, high temperature door gasket, sealed heater terminal boxes, inert atmosphere inlet, iert atmosphere outlet and inert atmosphere flowmeter.
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