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This article will highlight advanced furnace design features, illustrating both yearly power savings and possible power-company rebates.

Heat treaters are always looking for new ways to save money.

Convection is a type of heat transfer between two bodies that do not have contact with one another but instead transfer heat via contact with a gas or liquid.

If two bodies have different temperatures, heat transfers between them.

Most, if not all, of us know that heating (and cooling) of parts happens by three mechanisms: radiation, convection and conduction. While simple examples illustrate the basic concepts, the underlying science, while a bit more complex, is something all heat treaters should know. Let’s learn more.

The Heat Flow application allows users to simulate an unlimited number of heat transfer scenarios using Morgan Advanced Materials’ insulation and refractory products, as well as other user-defined materials

Heating of loads in modern plasma nitriding furnaces is carried out by a combination of the radiative heat transfer from the wall or furnace resistance heaters and heat transfer from the glow discharge. We will look at the effect of the workpiece emittance on its temperature.