A uniquely engineered, high-temperature refractory metal hot zone has been delivered by the furnace division of an international supplier of refractory technology metals and technical ceramics to one of its furnace customers. The engineering team of the German manufacturing firm H.C. Starck fabricated a 1600°C hot zone designed to operate in a vacuum, with certain inert gases or in a reducing atmosphere. By simulating the temperature of each layer, it was ensured that the proper materials were applied throughout the hot zone.
”H.C. Starck is excited to deliver the first of its kind refractory metal hot zone,” said Andreas Mader, President and CEO of the Fabricated Products Division. Supplying growth industrial sectors such as the electronics sector, the chemical industry, medical technology, aviation and aerospace, energy and environmental technology, and machine and tool building from its own production locations in Europe, America, and Asia, the company employs 2,500 people in the USA, Canada, the UK, Germany, China, Japan and Thailand.
