| Category | Muffle Furnace |
| Model | Glazing Furnace |
| Max Temperature | 1400°C (2552°F) |
| Working Temperature | 1300°C |
| Thermocouple Type | B (Platinum-30% Rhodium) |
| Thermocouple Details | Type B, Tolerance Class 2, 200 to +1700°C range, High purity alumina insulation, Platinum-Rhodium alloy sheath, 8mm diameter |
| Heating Element | Silicon Carbide (SiC) |
| Element Details | SiC heating elements, Max temp: 1600°C, High power density, Brittle material |
| Chamber (MM) | 250 x 140 x 250 |
| Outer Body (MM) | 650.0 x 755.0 x 540.0 |
| Chamber Volume | 8.8 Litres |
| Volume (cu.ft) | 9.5 ft³ |
| Power Load | 6.87 kW |
| Power Supply | 220V, Single Phase |
| Gross Weight | 72.67 kg |
| Chamber Shape | Rectangular - wide |
This furnace, more accurately a kiln, is used for the final firing of glazed pottery. Operating at high temperatures (e.g., 1000°C), it melts the applied glaze coating, fusing it to the bisque-ware body to form a glassy, impervious surface. The working principle requires even heating to ensure glaze maturity and avoid defects like pinholing or crawling. Its purpose is the final, transformative step in pottery making that provides color, texture, and functionality (making vessels watertight). It must manage the release of gases from both the clay body and the melting glaze.
This configuration is suitable when the sample load must fit a 250 x 140 x 250 MM chamber with usable chamber volume of 8.8 litre, approximate power load of 6.9 kW, rectangular - wide 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 140 x 250 MM, 25 x 14 x 25 CM and 10 x 5 x 10 INCH. Buyers searching for 1400°C Glazing Furnace 250 x 140 x 250 MM; Glazing Furnace 1400°C 250 x 140 x 250 MM; Glazing Furnace 250 x 140 x 250 MM 1400°C; 250 x 140 x 250 MM 1400°C Glazing Furnace; 1400 Degree Glazing Furnace 250 x 140 x 250 MM; Glazing Furnace 1400 Degree 250 x 140 x 250 MM can verify the same physical chamber on this canonical product page before requesting price, GST invoice, packaging and delivery.
Trutherm manufactures 1400 Degree Celsius (°C) Glazing Furnace 250 x 140 x 250 MM Chamber for buyers who search by exact machine type, chamber size and 1400°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.