Split Tube Furnaces

These furnaces are manufactured in two halves and are hinged together for easy loading or placing around a work piece or worktube. This design offers the flexibility to place the furnace around a fixed item such as a pipe with flanges which are to too large to pass through a solid tube furnace, or around a sample which is fixed into a materials test rig.

Whilst the HST models are ideally suited for horizontal use they can also be used in the vertical position with the addition of an 'L' stand (see options). The VST (vertical) models have the sam internal diameter, but smaller external dimensions and are primarily designed to fit within test rigs.

Both models have extended insulation beyond the heated length which provides the opportunity to accept any tube diameter (up to the maximum listed) by cutting away part of the unheated insulation. A three zone version of a vertical split furnace is model TVS which is also hinged and gives improved uniform length with three zone control - click here for details.