This month Thermal Technology delivered two hot presses to two universities on the West Coast. The
University of Oregon purchased a model HP20-4560-FP20 Laboratory Hot Press and another
university on the West Coast purchased a model HP30-4560-FP8 Laboratory Hot Press. Both
hot presses were customized versions of our standard Laboratory Hot Press.
The system delivered to the University of Oregon is a 10-ton hydraulic
press with a graphite hot zone capable of 2000°C in inert gas and vacuum atmospheres to
10-5 torr. Features of this hot press include a Eurotherm model 2404 CM programmer/
controller, a ram position transducer with digital meter, a gas control panel and a
diffusion pumped vacuum system with a 4" diffusion pump, 2-stage mechanical
roughing/backing pump and water-cooled stainless steel vacuum plenum. The University is
working to develop Skutterudite materials for the production of thermo-electric devices.
The development of these materials requires the densification of powdered materials
obtained by depositing thin films of various compounds onto glass substrates. The Thermal
Technology Laboratory Hot Press will be used to densify the powdered materials for
evaluation.
The system shipped to another university on the West Coast is a 15-ton
hydraulic press with a graphite hot zone capable of 1200°C in inert gas and vacuum
atmospheres to 10-6 torr. This press was also supplied with a Eurotherm 2404 CM
programmer/controller and a water-cooled stainless steel vacuum plenum for future
installation of a turbo- molecular pumped vacuum pumping station. |
|
Thermal Technology manufactures hot presses for pressure up to 300
tons and temperatures up to 2500°C. Furnaces may be supplied with graphite, refractory
metal, silicon-carbide heating elements or induction coils. Contact us for more
information about Thermal Technology hot presses and other high temperature furnaces.
Thermal Technology
1911 Airport Blvd.
Santa Rosa, California 95403
Phone: (707) 571-1911
Fax: (707) 571-8098
E-mail: sales@thermaltechnology.com
Website: ThermalTechnology.com |
cards.