Muffle Furnace Operation (single set point)
- Read the Furnace Safety Concerns .
- Place the furnace on a table top.
- Open the door to load sample.
Note :
The furnace door safety switch is flaky. Power
is removed from the heating element anytime the door
is opened and the power is supposed resume once
the door is closed. However, due to the flaky switch,
power may not be on after closing the door. Make sure
that the orange ``Cycle'' light is on after
closing the door.
- Turn on the power. The furnace will ramp up to the previous
set temperature (usually 200C) before it was shutdown.
- Set the temperature
to a desired value.
- Set the Over Temperature Protection (OTP).
- Insert load in the furnace.
- Shut Down Procedure : Bring the furnace temperature down
to 200 C. Turn off the power.
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