Techne Fluidized baths

Overview of Techne Fluidized sand baths

Fluidized baths offer an open work area with the potential for a wide range of applications where a stable temperature environment is required. They use a media that never needs replacing and doesn't evaporate, are safe to operate and thus a logical choice over molten salt baths, high temperature oil baths and ovens and furnaces. Click here to learn more about Fluidized baths and how to they work?

Applications for Fluidized baths (a few of the many):

Verification & calibration of temperature sensors, devices and systems (Lab Series, FB08)

Shape setting of various metals including Nitinol for Medical Stents (FB08 & Industrial range)

Cleaning of tooling (breaker plates, screws, heads, nozzle) used in plastics manufacturing (IFB series)

Tempering, annealing & Nitriding of various metals (all models)

Reactive chemical analysis including distillation, heating of reactors (FB08 & Industrial range)

General heat treatment applications up to 600ºC/1112ºF (FB08 & Industrial range)

Thermal analysis of devices, components and materials (all models)

Model	Select a unit	Range	Working area	Stability	Features & Applications
Basic Laboratory Range		50ºC to 600ºC (122ºF to 1112ºF)	From 7.0" x 3.5" to 9.0" x 13.8" (diameter x depth)	±2.0 at 500ºC	Good choice for general purpose temperature sensor and thermal switch calibration.
Industrial Range		50ºC to 600ºC (122ºF to 1112ºF)	From 10.2" x 12" to 10.2" x 26.0" (diameter x depth)	±1.0 up to 600ºC	Cleaning of tooling and parts in Plastics manufacturing. Heating of reactors, chemical reactive analysis, endothermic and exothermic reactions. Large working area.
Precision FB08 Range		50ºC to 700ºC (122ºF to 1292ºF)	6.5" x 15.0" (diameter x depth)	±0.08ºC full range normal mode ±0.008ºC full range dead bed mode	PRT, SPRT, RTD & Thermocouple comparison calibrations. Shape setting of Nitinol stents and other medical device heat treating.

Comparison chart of heat sources - Why choose a Fluidized bath?
	Fluidized bath	Molten salt bath	Ovens & Furnaces	Hi-Temperature Oil & Ultra-sonic baths
Stability & uniformity	good	fair	fair	good
Safety	good	poor (highly volatile)	good	poor (fumes, odors, splashing & hazardous fluids)
Efficiency & quench recovery	good	good	poor (heat is lost when opening doors)	good
Setup & ongoing costs	good	fair (must add salt as it's lost on items put in bath)	good	poor (must add fluid as it's lost in use & evaporation. Fume exhaust required)
Notes:	Non-abrasive to product immersed in the bath	must clean off product after being placed in bath	Slow heat transfer	must clean off product after being placed in baths - environmental impact of used fluids