| Category | Muffle Furnace |
| Model | Heat Treat Furnace |
| Max Temperature | 600°C (1112°F) |
| Working Temperature | 500°C |
| Thermocouple Type | K (Chromel-Alumel) |
| Thermocouple Details | -40 to +375°C range, MgO insulated mineral, Inconel 600 sheath, 3mm diameter, Type K, Tolerance Class 1 |
| Heating Element | Kanthal A1 (FeCrAl) |
| Element Details | FeCrAl alloy, 80/20 NiCr equivalent, Max temp: 1400°C, Good oxidation resistance, Low cost |
| Chamber (MM) | 250 x 250 x 500 |
| Outer Body (MM) | 660.0 x 860.0 x 780.0 |
| Chamber Volume | 31.3 Litres |
| Volume (cu.ft) | 15.9 ft³ |
| Power Load | 12.12 kW |
| Power Supply | 440V, Three Phase |
| Gross Weight | 137.02 kg |
| Chamber Shape | Square |
A general, abbreviated term for a Heat Treating Furnace. It is a versatile furnace used for annealing, hardening, tempering, and normalizing metals. Operating from a base of 600°C, it is a broad category. The working principle involves controlled heating and cooling cycles within an insulated chamber to achieve desired metallurgical transformations. Its purpose is to tailor the mechanical properties of metal components across virtually every heavy and precision engineering industry. It is the backbone of metallurgical processing.
This configuration is suitable when the sample load must fit a 250 x 250 x 500 MM chamber with usable chamber volume of 31.3 litre, approximate power load of 11.6 kW, square chamber profile. It is commonly selected for laboratory, QC, metallurgical, ceramic, pharmaceutical and industrial heat-treatment work requiring stable heating and repeatable process conditions. Typical use includes general laboratory and industrial heat-treatment applications requiring stable, repeatable temperature control.
Equivalent chamber references: 250 x 250 x 500 MM, 25 x 25 x 50 CM and 10 x 10 x 20 INCH. Buyers searching for 600 Degree Celsius Heat Treat Furnace 250 x 250 x 500 MM chamber; 600°C Heat Treat Furnace 250 x 250 x 500 MM; 600 Degree Celsius Heat Treat Furnace 25 x 25 x 50 CM chamber; 600°C Heat Treat Furnace 25 x 25 x 50 CM; 600 Degree Celsius Heat Treat Furnace 10 x 10 x 20 INCH chamber; 600°C Heat Treat Furnace 10 x 10 x 20 INCH can verify the same physical chamber on this canonical product page before requesting price, GST invoice, packaging and delivery.
Trutherm manufactures 600 Degree Celsius (°C) Heat Treat Furnace 250 x 250 x 500 MM Chamber for buyers who search by exact machine type, chamber size and 600°C temperature rating. This page is specific to the MM dimension version, so the chamber size is presented in the unit normally used in the buyer's drawing, tender or purchase request.
Where sample volume and process type vary week to week, a general-purpose muffle furnace avoids the cost of maintaining several process-specific furnace types.
A muffle furnace is usually the first furnace a lab installs, since it covers the broadest share of everyday heating, drying and ashing tasks before more specialised equipment is added.
As a general-purpose muffle furnace, this model covers a broader range of routine heating tasks than a process-specific ashing, tube or sintering furnace, making it the practical default when the lab runs mixed sample types rather than one dedicated process.