Element deformation When installed in the furnace and fired, molydisilicide heating elements can take on some interesting shapes. The characteristic “hairpin” can bow and bend. This is due to electro-magnetic forces. A certain amount of deformation is normal; see the photo below. The pictured Deltech furnace had been relined, new elements installed, fired to the […]
READ MORETime for a rebuild? Maybe. No one wants to unnecessarily invest down time, money, and labor into replacing furnace parts. But avoiding even higher costs and longer furnace down time due to catastrophic failures should also be […]
READ MOREDeltech Furnaces featured in CompanyWeek If you are a manufacturer or a supplier to a manufacturer, you’ll be particularly interested in the story behind the feature: CompanyWeek is about manufacturers. It is the publication of an online platform called Sustainment. Sustainment describes their organization as designed “by and for manufacturers”. “Our software connects demand, supply, […]
READ MOREDeltech supports GOMD Deltech is pleased to once again provide support for student travel to the annual Glass and Optical Materials Division meeting, being held this year from May 22nd-May 26th in Baltimore, Maryland. The organizers have also provided a virtual attendance option to accommodate ongoing travel restrictions. Glass and Optical Materials is one of […]
READ MORECSAT 2022 Sponsorship Deltech Furnaces is pleased to be a sponsor, along with our customer Solvus Global, of the upcoming Cold Spray Action Team 2022 event. This year’s topic is Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing.Solvus Global uses a Deltech furnace in the preparation of powders for the cold spray process. You can watch a demonstration of […]
READ MORECustom furnace for nuclear waste treatment Deltech Furnaces received a contract from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington for the design and build of a custom furnace for use in a dechlorination process of salt based nuclear waste. Per the authors of a paper resulting from the work accomplished during the project, “Salt based waste […]
READ MOREDeltech Furnaces supplies Small Scale Tunnel Kilns to MGA Thermal Deltech Furnaces was recently awarded a contract from MGA Thermal Pty Ltd to supply and install two custom designed, small scale, resistance heated tunnel kilns. Both feature HMI systems for control and data acquisition. One of the units features our “atmosphere envelope” design to allow […]
READ MOREDeltech Compact Horizontal Tube Furnaces Deltech, Inc. is pleased to introduce our newest horizontal tube design. Our newest horizontal tube furnaces are true “benchtop” units. They are lighter in weight and more compact, requiring a smaller footprint. A newfeature, a top plug provides convenient access to the furnace interior. Horizontal tube furnaces are useful for […]
READ MOREFurnace ramp rates Furnace Ramp Rates for 1600-1800 °C Models Initial Heating/Element Seasoning… Ramp the empty furnace to 1550 degrees Celsius at the rate of 100 degrees Celsius per hour; then hold at 1550 degrees Celsius for one hour. This procedure conditions the molydisilicide heating elements by allowing formation of a glass protective […]
READ MOREDeltech is a family and woman owned small business incorporated in 1968. Members of the Stevenson family are part of the day-to-day operations in management, sales, engineering, and production.
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