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Furnaces for Ceramic, Glass and Solar Cells

Furnaces for Ceramic, Glass and Solar Cells
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Furnaces for Ceramic, Glass and Solar Cells

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Overview: The document provides comprehensive information on THERMCONCEPT's industrial furnaces, designed for applications in ceramics, glass, solar cells, and powder metallurgy. It emphasizes the company's expertise in customized furnace solutions and its global sales and service network.
Specifications: The document details various high-temperature furnaces, including chamber, hood, bogie-hearth, and tube furnaces, with temperature capabilities from 900°C to 1800°C. It specifies the use of SiC and MoSi2 heating elements and describes the robust construction and efficient design of these furnaces.
Technical Features: Key features include maximum thermal efficiency, low power consumption, rapid heating and cooling, and precise temperature control. Advanced control systems, such as thyristor-controlled heating elements and Siemens PLC controllers, are highlighted for process visualization.
Customization and Flexibility: THERMCONCEPT offers a range of standard models with customizable configurations to meet specific process requirements. Options include inert gas operation, additional doors, reinforced bottoms, and various table movement systems for hood furnaces.
Additional Equipment: Optional equipment includes cooling fans, stainless steel exhaust hoods, exhaust air purification systems, and protective gas operation to enhance performance and environmental compliance.
Applications: The furnaces are suitable for processes like drying, debinding, sintering, pyrolysis, annealing, and exhaust air purification, catering to industries involved in ceramics, glass, solar cells, and composites.
Technical Data: Detailed tables list technical specifications for each furnace model, including dimensions, power requirements, and volume capacities.
Recommendations: The furnaces are recommended for applications requiring precise temperature control, uniform heating, and efficient processing under various atmospheric conditions.
Norms and Standards: Furnaces are constructed with high-quality materials like stainless steel and aluminium oxide fibre for insulation, ensuring durability and efficient thermal management.
Conclusion: The document serves as a comprehensive guide for selecting and operating industrial furnaces, providing essential information on specifications, features, and customization options to meet diverse industrial needs.
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Furnaces for Ceramic, Glass and Solar Cells-1

Powder Metallurgy, Composites Drying Burning out Debinding Calcinating Presintering Firing Sintering Pyrolysis Annealing Cooling Exhaust air purification THERMIONCEPT powered by innovation

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Furnaces for Ceramic, Glass and Solar Cells-2

Experts in Furnaces THERMCONCEPT develops, designs and manufactures furnaces and systems for a broad range of production and research applications and fields. Many in our workforce also have decades of experience in furnace engineering. The expertise we have amassed is deployed on a day-tobasis in order to plan and realise your ideal furnace solution. Engineering Our highly-skilled development engineers and designers, hardware and software professionals, technicians and mechanics create cost-efficient and reliable furnace solutions. Direct contact with users enables us to design furnaces that...

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High-temperature sintering furnaces 1500 °C - 1800 °C High-temperature chamber furnaces High-temperature hood furnaces High-temperature bogie-hearth furnaces High-temperature tube furnaces Firing and sintering furnaces 900 °C - 1400 °C Chamber furnaces Bogie-hearth furnaces Hood furnaces Tube furnaces Combi-furnaces for debinding and sintering Combi-furnaces up to 1400 °C Gas-fired combi-furnaces up to 1400 °C High-temperature combi-furnaces up to 1750 °C Debinding and drying furnaces 450 °C - 850 °C Air-circulation chamber furnaces Air-circulation bogie-hearth furnaces Pilot plant furnaces 36...

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High-temperature chamber furnaces T max. 1500 °C, 1600 °C, 1750 °C and 1800 °C • Broad range of standard furnaces with a chamber volume of 16 - 500 l. • Furnaces supplied in customised configurations to match the systems precisely to the desired processes • All furnace models excel with maximum precision and convenience as well as short heat-up and cooling times and low power consumption. • For temperature ranges between 1500 °C and 1600 °C heated with SiC rods and between 1600 °C and 1800 °C with MoSi2 heating elements • Outer housing with robust, aesthetic frame construction • Double-walled...

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High-temperature chamber furnaces - Customised designs -Chamber furnaces up to 1600 °C High-temperature chamber furnaces with electromechanical lifting door for sintering technical ceramics. Heated by 45 MoSi2 heating elements. Useable volume: approx. 43 m2 Useable space: 13200 x 1800 x 1800 mm (w x d x h). Model T max Inner dimensions Volume Outer dimensions Power Voltage Weight [°C] [mm] [l] [mm] [kW] [V] [kg] Width x Depth x Height Width x Depth x Height Other sizes on request

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High-temperature chamber furnaces - Customised designs Chamber furnaces for temperatures up to 1600 °C Chamber furnaces with roof heating by 48 MoSi2 heating elements for preheating precious metal sheets made of platinum, rhodium or palladium. Electromechanical lifting door opening upwards, with footswitch Double-chamber furnace 1700 °C Special testing furnace for MoSi2 heating elements with two separated heating chambers. Furnace doors with observation window, surface temperature of batch is measured using a pyrometer. Chamber furnaces up to 1600 °C Chamber furnaces fitted with a second door...

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High-temperature chamber furnaces - Customised designs Inert gas chamber furnace up to 1700 °C This chamber furnace has a gas-tight, water-cooled chamber. The furnace can be operated at temperatures up to 1700 °C under inert gas. An oxygen sensor monitors the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas. A vacuum pump can be used to evacuate the chamber before starting a heating cycle. Additional equipment: • Heated from three sides (1) The standard heating elements along the side walls can be supplemented with additional heating elements on the rear furnace wall. • Additional door on the rear furnace...

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High-temperature hood furnaces in lift-bottom design T max. 1500 °C, 1600 °C, 1750 °C and 1800 °C • Broad range of standard furnaces with a chamber volume of 70 - 2000 l • The range of models includes hood furnaces with a fixed or moveable table • Also with shuttle table systems (turntable or dual-table systems) for semi- or fully automatic operation. • Furnaces supplied in customised configurations to match systems precisely to the desired processes. • All furnace models excel with maximum precision and convenience as well as short heat-up and cooling times and low power consumption. • For temperature...

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High-temperature hood furnaces in lift-bottom design - Model variants -Hood furnace in lift-bottom design with two furnace chambers and a double turntable or shuttle table The tables are lowered electromechanically, swivel outwards and are raised to working height. Both tables are positioned in front of the furnace for loading and unloading and are then moved simultaneously into the two furnace chambers. The table can also be moved alternately into the one or other furnace chamber. Width x Depth x Height Other sizes on request

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High-temperature hood furnaces in lift-bottom design - Model variants - Hood furnace in lift-bottom design with one turntable Hood furnace in lift-bottom design with one movable table Hood furnace in lift-bottom design with two movable tables When one table is moved into the furnace, the second table can be loaded.

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High-temperature hood furnaces in lift-bottom design - Model variants - Hood furnace in lift-bottom design with one double turntable When one table is moved into the furnace, the second table can be loaded. The tables are lowered electromechanically, swivel outwards and raised to working height. Large-volume hood furnace in lift-bottom design with two movable tables When one table is moved into the furnace, the second table can be loaded. The two bottoms are moved to the left and right for loading and unloading. Additional equipment: • Cooling fan For better ventilation of the furnace chamber...

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THERMIONCEPT powered by innovation High-temperature hood furnaces in lift-top design T max. 1500 °C, 1600 °C, 1750 °C and 1800 °C • Broad range of standard furnaces with a chamber volume of 70 - 2000 l • The range includes hood furnaces with a vertically moveable hood and a fixed table, or alternatively with a horizontally moveable table • Also with shuttle table systems (turntable or dual-table systems) for semi- or fully automatic operation. • Customised to match the system precisely to the desired processes. • All furnace models excel with maximum precision and convenience as well as short...

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