Laboratory Muffle Furnaces

We provide a wide variety of laboratory chamber/muffle furnaces. Whether you’re looking for a low-cost, small bench-mounted furnace or a top-quality high-temperature furnace, we have a model to fit your needs and budget. We offer everything from the beginner-friendly models that can reach 1100°C, to the larger models that can heat up to 1800°C.

We offer front, top, or bottom loading muffle furnaces. Our large selection almost certainly has a standard solution that fits your needs. Plus, our custom design service lets us handle almost any request.

LABORATORY MUFFLE FURNACES – FAQ

WHAT’S A LABORATORY MUFFLE FURNACE?

A laboratory box furnace is a special heater for labs. It’s used for different things like burning or heat treating materials. It’s also called a muffle furnace or box furnace. Some look like a cylinder and are called tube furnaces.

HOW HOT DOES A LABORATORY MUFFLE FURNACE GET?

The highest temperature of a laboratory muffle furnace depends on what kind of heating parts it uses. Furnaces with metal wire heating parts can get between 1000°C and 1200°C. Furnaces with silicon carbide heating parts can get up to 1600°C, and those with molybdenum disilicide heating parts can get up to 1800°C.

HOW DOES A LABORATORY BOX FURNACE WORK?

A laboratory box furnace heats things inside a chamber. You put the samples in the chamber, then set the temperature on the furnace controller. The heat spreads evenly in the chamber, slowly warming the samples.

WHAT CAN YOU USE A LABORATORY BOX FURNACE FOR?

You can use a laboratory box furnace for a lot of different things. This includes burning, heat treating materials, annealing, calcination, making carbon nanotubes, growing crystals, curing, loss on ignition analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, quenching, and sintering.