Carbolite has supplied Fraunhofer
Institute for Physical Measurement
Techniques in Germany with a test
rig that comprises two customised
wire wound horizontal three-zone
tube furnaces. These will provide the
Institute with a versatile processing
system for studying and improving
the thermo-electrical properties of
advanced thermo-electric materials
and systems.

The two separately controlled,
rail-mounted three-zone tube
furnaces can be combined to form a
single large multi-zone furnace or
used separately to give two differently
heated regions with a gradient of
200°C between the two. The desk
and rail system affords vibration-free
movement of the furnaces.