Thermal Product Solutions shipped seven glassware drying ovens to a university based in the Midwest. The Gruenberg ovens have a maximum temperature rating of 650°F and utilize a vertical-up airflow, which maximizes heating rates and temperature uniformity of the product load.

An electrically heated oven will be used for drying small parts in a tray at a manufacturing facility. The 250°F (121°C) oven, designed and built by Grieve, has 3 kW installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements. A 300-CFM, 1/3-hp recirculating blower provides vertical airflow upward through tray to the workload.

An industrial roofing manufacturer will use a large conveyor oven rated for a maximum operating temperature of 350°F (177°C) to dry the water off a coated scrim at 200°F (93°C). The finished product is used for various roofing applications.

A Class B oven with a maximum temperature rating of 250°F (121°C) will process up to 5 gal of water per batch from 1,500 lb of metal powder. Thermal Product Solutions (TPS) shipped the Gruenberg cabinet oven to a company involved in research and development.

Whenever infrared is used to heat, predry, dry or cure continuously traveling web material — or a continuous stream of flat materials supported on a conveyor — there is a risk of a natural phenomenon referred to as the edge-cooling effect. If the material exceeds 24” in the cross-machine direction (CMD) dimension, edge cooling will occur.

The 500°F (260°C), top-loading oven can be used for applications such as drying water from racks of piston rings. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 48 x 48 x 36", and 40 KW are installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements. 

A 550°F (288°C) shelf oven with 12 kW in Nichrome wire heating elements is used for drying powdered resin in trays. A 1,000-cfm, 1-hp recirculating blower provides horizontal airflow to the workload.

A company in the foundry industry will use two natural gas fired walk-in ovens to dry sand cores used in the casting process of a variety of parts.

A webinar scheduled for July 18 at 10 a.m. ET will look into the pros and cons of a number of advanced drying techniques.

An electric retort oven will be used to dry a powdered propellant used in automotive airbags.