Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., introduces its Series LF vertical lab furnace with a graphite hot zone and operating temperature to 3000°C. It is a top loading multi-purpose furnace with vacuum or controlled atmosphere. This lab furnace is designed for vacuum or inert gas treatment of ceramics, reactive studies, and small-scale sintering studies.
It features a graphite heating element and rigidized graphite felt insulation and heat shields, as well as a graphite hearth plate and pins. Its double-walled, water-cooled 304L stainless steel chamber has a water-cooled 304L stainless steel hinged lid. The hot zone is four inches in diameter by five inches high, with rigidized fibrous graphite shields.
