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Consider the work temperature vs. time for radiation
and convection heating methods.
The illustration at right(click to enlarge in new window)demonstrates the differences in work
temperature vs. time for the two technologies. Due to the insulating effect of
the boundary film of air, which adheres tightly to all surfaces, gravity
convection heating become exceedingly slow and more inefficient as production
speeds increase.
John Kantz is a product manager at Pittsburgh-based
Chromalox, a manufacturer of heaters, controls, sensors, packaged systems and
heat tracing for process applications. The company can be reached at (800)
443-2640 or visit www.chromalox.com.
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