| Category | Muffle Furnace |
| Model | Salt Bath Furnace |
| Max Temperature | 600°C (1112°F) |
| Working Temperature | 500°C |
| Thermocouple Type | K (Chromel-Alumel) |
| Thermocouple Details | MgO insulated mineral, Inconel 600 sheath, 3mm diameter, Type K, Tolerance Class 1, -40 to +375°C range |
| Heating Element | Kanthal A1 (FeCrAl) |
| Element Details | Max temp: 1400°C, Good oxidation resistance, Low cost, FeCrAl alloy, 80/20 NiCr equivalent |
| Chamber (MM) | 300 x 300 x 600 |
| Outer Body (MM) | 715.0 x 910.0 x 885.0 |
| Chamber Volume | 54 Litres |
| Volume (cu.ft) | 20.4 ft³ |
| Power Load | 14.23 kW |
| Power Supply | 440V, Three Phase |
| Gross Weight | 182.3 kg |
| Chamber Shape | Square |
This furnace uses a bath of molten salt (like chloride or cyanide salts) as the heating medium. Operating at temperatures such as 600°C, it provides extremely rapid and uniform heat transfer. The working principle involves immersing parts directly into the molten salt, which heats them quickly and evenly from all sides. Its purpose is for quenching, austempering, martempering, and annealing of tool steels and other alloys, as well as for cleaning and descaling. It offers precise temperature control but requires careful handling of the molten salt and its fumes.
Equivalent chamber references: 300 x 300 x 600 MM, 30 x 30 x 60 CM and 12 x 12 x 24 INCH. Buyers searching for 600 Degree Celsius Salt Bath Furnace 300 x 300 x 600 MM chamber; 600°C Salt Bath Furnace 300 x 300 x 600 MM; 600 Degree Celsius Salt Bath Furnace 30 x 30 x 60 CM chamber; 600°C Salt Bath Furnace 30 x 30 x 60 CM; 600 Degree Celsius Salt Bath Furnace 12 x 12 x 24 INCH chamber; 600°C Salt Bath Furnace 12 x 12 x 24 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) Salt Bath Furnace 300 x 300 x 600 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.
This configuration is suitable when the sample load must fit a 300 x 300 x 600 MM chamber with usable chamber volume of 54 litre, approximate power load of 14.5 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.
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.
A muffle furnace isolates the sample from direct contact with heating elements or combustion gases, giving cleaner, more repeatable results than an open flame or hot-plate process.
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.