Electrically Box Furnace is used for preheating molds.
Press Release Summary:
Along with 52 kW installed in nickel chrome wire coils supported by stainless steel frame, No. 863 features 48 x 30 x 30 in. workspace dimensions and 7 in. thick insulated walls with stainless steel covers. Heat resisting alloy recirculating blower, powered by 7 ½ hp motor with V-belt drive, provides upward airflow to oven. Reaching 1,400°F max, furnace incorporates 4-point strip chart recorder and inert atmosphere inlet and outlet.
Original Press Release:
1400°F Box Furnace from Grieve
No. 863 is an electrically-heated 1400°F(~760°C) box furnace from Grieve, currently used for preheating molds. 52 KW are installed in nickel chrome wire coils supported by a stainless steel frame. A heat resisting alloy recirculating blower is powered by a 7½ HP motor with a V-belt drive. The blower provides upward airflow to the oven. Workspace dimensions are 30" wide x 48" deep x 30" high.
The unit has 7" thick insulated walls with stainless steel covers. The oven was specially built with inert atmosphere construction. This consists of a continuously welded outer shell, high temperature door gasket, sealed heater terminal boxes, inert atmosphere inlet and inert atmosphere outlet.
Controls onboard No. 863 include a motor-operated vertical lift door and a 4-point strip chart recorder.
For more information, please contact: THE GRIEVE CORPORATION, 500 Hart
Road, Round Lake, Illinois 60073-2835 USA. Phone: (847) 546-8225. Fax: (847) 546-
9210. Web: www.grievecorp.com. Email: sales@grievecorp.com. Attention: Frank
Calabrese.
