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ThermoLine-TUBE
Tube Furnace

ThermoLine-TUBE series tube furnaces comprise heating furnaces with a working tube of any orientation and material, operating at process temperatures up to 1800 °C. The tube furnace can be individually adapted to specific process requirements. Thanks to its hinged mechanism, working tubes made of various materials (e.g., ceramics, quartz glass, heat- and scale-resistant steels, nickel-based alloys) can be exchanged.

Custom Tube Furnaces

Equipping the furnace with protective gas purging and/or a rapid cooling system, as well as a rotary kiln design for continuous processes, are further options. These versatile industrial/laboratory furnaces are designed and built specifically to meet the customer's requirements. Examples include research on the reaction of various substances at different temperatures and environments, as well as the debinding and sintering of metals and ceramics.

Rotary Kilns for Continuous Processes:

For processes with continuous material flow, IBT offers rotary kilns. A rotary kiln is a tube furnace with a rotating working tube, particularly suitable for continuous processes. As the tube rotates slowly, bulk materials or powdered products, for example, pass through the furnace and are heated uniformly. This design is often used in pyrolysis processes or calcination to ensure homogeneous heat treatment. IBT designs rotary kilns according to your specifications – including feeding and discharge mechanisms – to ensure the reliable operation of your process (continuous or semi-continuous). We can also implement systems for research purposes on a laboratory scale (pilot rotary kilns). Contact us if you require a continuous ContiLine-TUBE furnace.

Heating chamber of a tube furnace with metallic tube, vacuum and process gases up to 1200 °C
Heating chamber of a tube furnace with an aluminum oxide tube up to 1200 °C
Process gas furnace with 2 heating chambers for aluminium oxide tubes up to 1200 °C and 1800 °C
Tube furnace with ceramic tube and process gases up to 1200 °C
Tube furnace with metallic tube, vacuum and process gases up to 1200 °C including sample handling
Tube furnace for vertical tubes up to 800 °C
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Applications

Thermal conversion processes

Processing and refining biomass into products that can be used for energy and/or materials, e.g. fuels.

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Pyrolysis

Thermal conversion process of organic compounds without oxygen.

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Hydrogen generation/production

Thermal conversion process for the production of hydrogen.

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Heat treatment

Heat treatment can be used to set the final properties of the component and surface, such as hardness, strength or conductivity.

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Debinding ceramics & metals

Debinding removes the binders with their organic components from the green compact.

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Hardening / Annealing

Hardening can be used to improve the mechanical resistance of metallic materials by selectively changing and transforming their microstructures.

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Spectrum plant data

Plant data:

  • Working tube & volume according to process requirement
  • Working tube arranged vertically or horizontally
  • Temperatures up to 1800 °C
  • Operation under vacuum, protective or forming gas
  • Folding mechanism for exchange of working tubes
  • Working tube static or as rotary tube

Design:

  • Made of stainless steel or mild steel with coloring
  • Wall structure:
  •   → Working tube
  •     → Heating elements
  •       → Radiation shields/ thermal insulation
  •         → Stainless steel sheeting
  • Control cabinet separate or integrated in the rack

Measurement, control & regulation technology:

  • Siemens PLC, industrial PC or industrial controller
  • Control of power according to process temperatures
  • Temperature measurement by thermocouples and pyrometer
  • Single or multi-zone control of the heating elements
  • Running of the process in program segments (ramps, holding times, change of atmosphere etc.)
  • Documentation of process data for quality assurance

Ingolf Jaeger

Head of Sales
Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering

E-Mail: i.jaeger@ibt.de
Phone.: +49 (0) 3731 1683-15

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