Sintering furnace
AssigneeAmann Girrbach AG
InventorAxel REICHERT
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Abstract
A sintering furnace (1) for sintering dental workpieces (2), wherein the sintering furnace (1) has a heating element (3) with a receiving space (4) for receiving the workpiece (2) during sintering. The receiving space (4) is a portion of an interior space (5) within the heating element (3), and the heating element (3) comprises or consists of silicon carbide, wherein the heating element (3) is designed, at least in parts, as a slotted tube, and the slot (6) in the tube forming the heating element (3) has a helical configuration in a heating region (7), in which the heating element (3) encloses the receiving space (4).
Claims10
A sintering furnace for sintering dental workpieces, the sintering furnace comprises:
- a heating element having an receiving space for accommodating the workpiece during sintering, the receiving space is formed by a subregion of an interior space in an interior of the heating element;
- the heating element comprises silicon carbide or consists thereof;
- the heating element is at least in regions configured as slotted tube and a slot in the tube forming the heating element has a helical configuration in a heating region in which the heating element surrounds the receiving space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.