Tailor-made high-temperature furnace for analysing the binder burnout of ceramics using Neutron CT

•  Burnout furnace for analysing the binder burnout

•  Furnace temperature range up to 600°C

•  Temperature control accuracy ± 1°C

•  Temperature control by means of PID 

•  Weighing during the binder burnout process

•  Weighing accuracy ± 1 mg

•  Rotary feedthrough for precise positioning of the sample during CT

•  Exhaust air system for burnout products with variable volume flow 

•  Emergency shutdown in the event of overtemperature

•  Two double-walled neutron beam-permeable insulating windows made of silicon wafers

•  Furnace rotary feedthrough with ceramic tube for better insulation

•  Height-adjustable furnace base

•  Granite plate for vibration damping of the balance

•  Furnace with decoupled rubber mountings to reduce vibrations

•  Monitoring of the furnace and sample temperature using temperature sensors

•  Freely programmable heating curves

•  Setting up and commissioning the hardware and software

•  Testing various heating rates and tuning the controllers

•  Testing the scale settling time and weighing accuracy over the heating cycle

•  Opening the beamline ceiling panels  

•  Setting up the furnace on the beamline

•  Carrying out the customised experiments