1200 °C Transparent Furnace
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Thoughventions' 1200 C high temperature transparent furnace is able to operate at significantly higher temperatures than competing transparent furnaces as a result of its vacuum insulated outer shell and special heat transfer techniques that allow its O-ring seals to tolerate the higher temperatures.
Specifications
We sell the 1200 C High Temperature Transparent Furnace as a standalone unit (horizontal or vertical) that uses your vacuum system, or as a full facility.
| Hot Zone Size: | 37 mm diameter x 200 mm, or user specified |
| Hot Zone Materials: | Quartz |
| Process gases: | Non-explosive: air, inert gases, other gas mixtures |
| Temperature Control: | Single or multiple hot zone, SCR controlled temperature feedback. |
| Power Use: | 1.5 kW at 1200°C |
| Utility Requirements: | 120/240 VAC, single phase. |
| Control/Data Acquisition: | PID Temperature Control/Windows based computer control optional. |
| Planned Offerings: | Arbitrary diameter hot zone. |
Applications
This Transparent Furnace is intended for use in high temperature materials processing. Materials can be inspected throughout the processing cycle, immediately identifying the precise temperature of melting or the creation of crystal defects. Past transparent furnaces were rated at temperatures near 900°C and were used as laboratory devices for research in materials processing, centering on metal joining and crystal growth. The 1200°C transparent furnace has created an entirely new window of opportunity, allowing inspection of commercially valuable materials that can only be processed at high temperatures. Crystal growth of II-VI electronic materials and brazing processes that require melting of copper are primary examples. Final crystal yields can be increased dramatically when the improperly growing crystals can be identified early in the growth process so that the crystal can be remelted and growth restarted, rather than waiting for post-growth analysis. A new brazing process can be developed in just a few furnace cycles.
History
The initial development of Thoughtventions' 1200°C Transparent Furnace began with a 3 year, $670,000 NASA SBIR Phase 2 project. The NASA prototype was built to be a commercially viable unit, and has undergone continuous development that has resulted in the current commercial 1200 C High Temperature Transparent Furnace model. Thoughtventions believes that the higher operating temperature of this furnace will greatly broaden its usefulness to the materials processing industry. Let us meet your requirements.
Thoughtventions has published multiple papers on the subject of high temperature transparent furances, including High Temperature Transparent Furnace and Next Generation Transparent Furnace.
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