Industrial Ovens. Where To Find Them.
Industrial Ovens are available for different applications, including chemical processing, food production, and also in the electronics industry, where circuit boards are run through a conveyor oven to attach surface mount components.
Some common types of industrial ovens include:
Industrial Ovens for Curing - Designed to cause a chemical reaction in a substance once a specific temperature is reached. Powder coating is one common curing oven use.
Industrial Ovens for Drying - Designed to remove moisture. Typical applications are pre-treating and painting. Such ovens are also sometimes known as furnaces, though they do not reach the same high temperatures as are used in ceramic kilns.
Industrial Ovens for Baking - Combines the function of curing and drying ovens.
Batch Industrial Ovens - Also called cabinet or Walk-in/Truck-in ovens, batch ovens allow for curing, baking or drying in little batches using wheeled racks, carts or trucks. Ovens such as this are often found in large-volume bakeries in places such as supermarkets.
Conveyor or Continuous Industrial Ovens - Often part of an automated conveyor processing line, conveyor ovens allow for higher volume processing.
Clean Room Industrial Ovens - Utilized in applications that require a cleanroom, such as semiconductor manufacturing or biotechnology processes.
Ovens Designed for Inert Gas Applications - Designed for applications that require an inert environment whilst heating to prevent oxidation of process.
Ovens Designed to be Used in a Laboratory - Typically any of he above types of ovens, but normally bench-top and designed for laboratory use.
Vacuum Industrial Ovens - Ovens in which a vacuum can be created. Typically used for potting and certain types of drying processes.
Items to consider when purchasing an Industrial Oven are:
Type of Temperature Controller - For just one temperature at a time, a single set-point temperature controller will be adequate. However, should you wish to subject the product to different temperatures for different periods of time, then consider a Programmable temperature controller
Airflow - Horizontal or Vertical. Forced Convection or Gravity.
The Range of temperature required for the process to be performed.
Power Available for the oven - Normally laboratory ovens run on 120V whilst larger ovens will require 208,230,480V 1PH or 3PH.
Brands of Ovens Available - There are quite a number of Industrial Oven manufacturers - Some of the more popular Brands of Ovens Available are:
Blue M
Despatch
Grieve
Yamato
CascadeTek
Hotpack
Precision Quincy
Gruenberg
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