What are the characteristics of a box type atmosphere furnace?

Box type atmosphere furnace is a type of furnace that can perform high-temperature treatment in a specific atmosphere environment. It achieves the entire process of heating, insulation, and cooling of materials by precisely controlling parameters such as temperature, atmosphere composition, and pressure inside the furnace. Let’s take a look at the characteristics of the box type atmosphere furnace below!

A commonly used atmosphere furnace (click on the image to view product details)

Accurate temperature control:
Box type atmosphere furnaces usually use electric heating elements for heating and are equipped with high-precision temperature controllers, which can achieve precise temperature control. The error is usually within ± 1 ℃ to ensure the uniformity and consistency of material heating.
The advanced temperature control system and heating elements enable the box type atmosphere furnace to quickly heat up to the desired temperature, greatly reducing experimental or production time.

Atmosphere protection:
A box type atmosphere furnace can be filled with different inert gases such as nitrogen and argon to achieve specific atmosphere conditions, such as vacuum, oxidizing, reducing, etc.
The atmosphere inside the furnace can be controlled with high precision, effectively preventing oxidation, corrosion and other phenomena of materials at high temperatures, and protecting the surface quality of materials.

High temperature capability:
The atmosphere box furnace has excellent design and can reach a high temperature range, usually from room temperature to 1300 ℃ or higher, to meet the heat treatment needs of various materials.

Good sealing performance:
There is a handwheel on the door of the box type atmosphere furnace, which can press the door tightly to prevent gas leakage.
The furnace door adopts a high-temperature resistant sealing gasket to ensure that there is no gas leakage during gas filling and maintain a constant atmosphere inside the furnace.

High degree of automation:
The box type atmosphere furnace supports programming control, which can preset the temperature and time of heating, insulation, cooling and other stages, realizing automated heating process and improving production efficiency.
The advanced control system can also achieve automatic temperature control of the furnace by the temperature sensing system and maintain a constant temperature.

Safe and reliable:
The box type atmosphere furnace adopts multiple safety protection measures, such as over temperature protection, power-off protection, atmosphere leakage alarm, etc., to ensure the safety and reliability of the operation process.
Before use, check whether the furnace is clean, and ensure that the power connection is good to prevent safety accidents such as leakage.

Wide applicability:
Box type atmosphere furnaces are widely used in heat treatment processes such as metal tempering, annealing, and solution treatment to improve the hardness, strength, and corrosion resistance of materials.
In the field of powder metallurgy, it is used to sinter metal powders and prepare high-performance engineering components.
Used for alloy melting in high-temperature environments to ensure the uniformity and purity of alloy composition.
In electronic component manufacturing, the packaging, soldering, and reflow processes used for electronic components.
It is also suitable for laboratories in colleges and research institutes, used for organic matter ashing, quality testing, production and experimentation of special materials, etc.

Structural features:
The furnace body is usually made of high-temperature alloy steel or stainless steel to resist high temperatures and corrosion. The internal design of the furnace chamber allows for the placement of workpieces and ensures good atmosphere control.
The cooling part usually adopts circulating water cooling and is equipped with inlet and outlet water joints.
The interior of the furnace is made of materials such as alumina polycrystalline fibers, which makes the temperature more uniform.

Customized furnace size nitrogen muffle furnace (click on the image to view product details)

So, the box type atmosphere furnace plays a significant role in the field of material processing due to its special functions and structure. With the advancement of technology and the continuous development of various industries, its application prospects will become even broader.Click to learn more atmosphere furnaces! Or click on online customer service to learn more about product information!