Small Electric Arc Furnace
Category： Hot-press sintering
This product is an affordable, compact vacuum arc melting furnace that utilizes tungsten electrodes and a water-cooled copper crucible. The equipment can achieve melting temperatures exceeding 3,000°C, followed by rapid cooling. It features a transparent quartz chamber, enabling 360-degree observation of the sample-melting process. For sample melting, heat treatment, and phase-diagram studies, the CY-DHLΦ168-QG-Φ4-4 is an economical yet high-performance experimental tool.
Overview
Technical Specifications
This high-performance melting equipment is specifically designed for laboratory use and small-batch production, focusing on the precise melting, purification, and shaping of metals and alloys. With “compact and efficient, easy to operate, safe and stable” as its core design principles, it is well-suited for applications in university research, materials development, and small-scale manufacturing, providing reliable hardware support for compositional optimization and performance testing of metallic materials while balancing practicality with safety.
Key Features
- Precision Melting Control: Utilizing high-efficiency arc heating technology, this system achieves rapid and uniform temperature rise, enabling precise control over melting temperature and holding time. It is compatible with the melting requirements of a wide range of metals and alloys, including copper, iron, and various alloy materials, ensuring uniform compositional distribution and stable material properties after melting.
- Compact and Convenient Design: The compact body takes up minimal space, allowing flexible placement on laboratory workstations without the need for complex installation, and is easy to move. It features a simple control panel with intuitive parameter adjustment, enabling even beginners to get up and running quickly and lowering the barrier to operation.
- Safe and Reliable Operation: Equipped with multiple safety protection devices—including high-temperature alerts, overload protection, and leakage protection—this system effectively mitigates safety risks during the smelting process. The furnace body is constructed from high-temperature and corrosion-resistant materials, extending equipment service life and ensuring long-term stable operation.
- Suitable for Research and Small-Batch Production: This equipment enables small-dose metal melting, alloy composition optimization, material purification, and other functions, thereby meeting the materials R&D needs of universities and research institutes while also supporting small-batch, customized melting operations for small enterprises, making it highly practical.
| Project | Details | |
| Key Features | 1. Designed for melting sample quantities ≤ 10 g, with temperatures up to 3000°C. | |
| 2. A transparent quartz chamber (with a protective shield) is used, enabling 360° observation of the sample melting process. | ||
| 3. Water-cooled copper crucible | ||
| 4. The melting gun’s angle is adjustable. | ||
| 5. Flexible bellows connections for vacuum interfaces can ensure tight sealing. | ||
| Vacuum gauge | A mechanical pressure gauge is installed on the equipment to measure the gas pressure inside the chamber. | |
| Digital corrosion-resistant vacuum gauge available for purchase | ||
| Arc power supply | Input voltage: 380 VAC, three-phase | |
| Input current: 10 A. (A 40 A circuit breaker is required.) | ||
| Output Voltage/Current: 22.6 V / 315 A (DC) | ||
| Power output is controlled by a push-button switch. | ||
| Tungsten electrode | Equipped with a 4 mm diameter tungsten electrode and water cooling on the gun head. | |
| The electrode gun is angle-adjustable and can be used for melting multiple samples. | ||
| Meltable sample weight < 10 g, with temperatures reaching 3000°C. | ||
| Crucible | Equipped with four water-cooled copper crucibles, each with a straight bore of Φ25 mm × 7 mm (Figure 1). | |
| Custom-made copper crucibles in various sizes are available upon customer request. | ||
| Cavity | Uses a quartz cavity with dimensions of Φ168 × 136 mm H. | |
| Furnace body dimensions | 500 mm L × 450 mm W × 720 mm H | |
| Optional Accessories | 1. Vacuum pump (optional) | |
| Various vacuum pumps are available for purchase. | ||
| Vacuum level: 10⁻² torr (using a mechanical pump) | ||
| 10^-5 torr (using a molecular pump system) | ||
| 2. Water chiller (optional) | ||
| During operation, cooling water must be supplied to cool the arc gun and the copper crucible. A KJ-5000 recirculating water chiller (with water pipe specifications of 12 mm outer diameter × 8 mm inner diameter) is available for purchase from our company. | ||
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