Several seal types are used in the manufacture of industrial furnaces. They ensure that the furnace is tight and maintains the temperature uniformity prescribed by pyrometry standards. Regular seal inspection and maintenance are critical for ensuring guaranteed temperature uniformity and preventing loss of time and productivity when seals fail.
Pyradia has found that industrial furnace users who do not inspect and replace door sealing joints often find themselves in a critical situation when the prescribed temperature uniformity is no longer achieved. This leads to an unexpected productivity stoppage while the problem must be diagnosed and corrected.
Do you know how to recognize and detect leaks? Tube-shaped sealing joints (see photos) must be smooth, continuous (with no breaks) and must not be crushed.
Do you know how to detect leaks? Using small smoke bombs that release small quantities of coloured smoke near doors helps to quickly identify leakage points.
It is easy to plan and schedule furnace shutdowns to replace defective seals when these inspections are carried out regularly.
Properly sealing your furnace with preventive sealing joint replacement saves the energy needed to maintain the desired temperature.
Temperature uniformity is a critical variable affecting the quality and consistency of the processed parts in many types of heat treatment. You guarantee that all products are exposed to the same thermal conditions, ensuring consistent, high-quality production by maintaining a uniform temperature inside the furnace.
In short, sealing joint inspections and maintenance can increase your furnace uptime, reduce the cost of your energy bill and improve the quality of the heat treatment given to your parts.
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