Dental Lab Furnaces

About furnace units

The muffle of a furnace is the part in which the work is placed without direct exposure to the heating element. ISO 13078 gives a method for calibrating furnaces that heat-treat silica-based dental ceramics between 600 and 1,050 degrees Celsius.

Heats ceramics to firing temperature; wax elimination, the removal of wax from a mould, is also usually done by heat.

Sources: The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017) · ISO 13078:2013, Dental furnace: test method for temperature measurement with separate thermocouple