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  • 1.  Ceramic sintering

    Posted 09-04-2020 08:55

    Ceramic sintering

    I have a sintering oven for ceramic using Nitrogen flow 8,000 liters / minute, the volume is 0.6 cubic meter. The pressure is 30 bar. My question is if to use battery of nitrogen gas or nitrogen generator?

     



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  • 2.  RE: Ceramic sintering
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    Posted 09-07-2020 12:15
    The choice of the gas source is dependent on the amount of production/runs that you are planning to take and the economics. If you are going to run the furnace daily for 24 hours then a nitrogen generator may be suitable. For experimentation a bank of cylinders is much more convenient and flexible. Additionally consider availability of cylinders to your place of work and the lead time.

    I hope this helps.

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  • 3.  RE: Ceramic sintering

    Posted 09-08-2020 14:12
    Thank you for your note.

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  • 4.  RE: Ceramic sintering

    Posted 09-08-2020 14:12
    Pardon me, but those specs seem very high:
    Nitrogen flow 8,000 liters / minute, the volume is 0.6 cubic meter. The pressure is 30 bar.

    That is changing the gas in the 0.6m^3 volume ~13x a minute!
    I am in the US, so 30 bar is 435psi.  You would go through a
    typical in a flash.  Our nitrogen cylinders typically hold 230ft^3
    or ~6.5m^3 at ~2500psi or ~170bar.

    Are you sure about those original specs?

    regards,
    - Jim


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  • 5.  RE: Ceramic sintering

    Posted 09-09-2020 06:42
    Thank You, 
    I will check again the spec.

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