Laboratory Furnaces
Laboratory vacuum furnaces featuring graphite hot zones, engineered for temperatures up to ~3000°C. Ideal for precise heat treatment under controlled atmosphere conditions in research and industrial applications.
Benchtop Furnaces
Compact benchtop vacuum furnaces tailored for small sample testing, sintering and thermal processing in laboratory settings. Ideal when space, precision and temperature control are priorities.
Muffle Furnaces
Muffle furnaces are box type heat treatment furnaces used to alter the physical properties of materials at elevated temperatures. Suitable for laboratory, research, quality control and industrial heat treatment applications.
ALD Systems
Single chamber ALD and high temperature annealing systems for up to 8 inch wafers, offering clean deposition and efficient thermal processing for research and production environments.
AdditionalCustomisable pumps and hot zones, with options including rotation, Z shift and RF/DC bias. Built to suit specific vacuum heating applications, system layouts and process requirements.
Thermic Edge are suppliers of Vacuum Furnaces, and we offer a standard range of laboratory Vacuum Furnaces, heating in excess of 2000˚c, to research institutes and universities for thermal processing, annealing, vacuum sintering, and vacuum heat treatment in high purity, clean environment.
Our Semi-Automatic Furnaces allow the use of single or multiple gasses allowing processing from atmospheric pressure to high vacuum with either graphite or tungsten hot zones all controlled via a simple one-click HMI touchscreen display based on a small footprint, lightweight and moveable frame.
Benchtop Furnaces
Our benchtop furnaces are designed for proof-of-concept work, material screening and small-scale sample processing. Their compact footprint makes them ideal for laboratories with limited space, while still offering standard operating temperatures up to 2000℃.
Medium Laboratory Furnaces
Our medium laboratory furnaces are intended for process development, optimisation and scale-up activities. With increased working volume, improved throughput and temperature capability of 2200℃+, they allow users to refine high-temperature processes and bridge the gap between research and production.
Large Laboratory Furnaces
Our large laboratory furnaces are designed for pilot production, process qualification and low-volume manufacturing. With significantly increased capacity and temperature capability of 2200℃+, these systems enable higher throughput and repeatable high-temperature processing for organisations transitioning from development work to commercial production.
Muffle Furnaces
Thermic Edge muffle furnaces are box type heat treatment furnaces used to alter material properties at elevated temperatures. They are suitable for laboratories, universities, research facilities, quality control teams and industrial environments, with applications including annealing, ashing, material testing, chemical analysis, coal and carbon analysis, ceramic development and sample preparation. Models are available up to 1800°C.
ALD/CVD Process Furnaces
Our ALD/CVD process furnaces are designed for advanced coating, deposition and materials processing applications where precise temperature control, atmosphere management and process repeatability are critical. Suitable for research, development and production environments, these systems can be configured for temperatures up to 1200℃ across a wide range of thin-film deposition, surface engineering and advanced materials applications.
Custom Furnace Solutions
For applications that fall outside the scope of standard products, Thermic Edge offers fully custom furnace solutions tailored to specific process requirements. With temperature capability up to 3000℃, our systems can be developed around unique chamber geometries, atmosphere control, specialised heating technologies, automation and integrated vacuum systems.
Oxidation Furnaces
Our oxidation furnaces are engineered for applications requiring controlled exposure to oxygen and other reactive gases at elevated temperatures. With temperature capability up to 1200℃, they provide excellent temperature uniformity and process repeatability, making them ideally suited to semiconductor processing, materials science research and advanced manufacturing applications.
We also specialise in meeting the requirements of our customers with custom options for their system designed specifically for their needs and applications.
A vacuum furnace is a highly specialised piece of equipment used to heat materials, typically metals, in a controlled vacuum environment. The vacuum reduces the presence of gases such as oxygen and nitrogen, which can react with the materials during the heating process. By heating the materials in a vacuum, the furnace minimises contamination and allows for precise temperature control, resulting in superior quality in processes like brazing, annealing, and sintering.
Vacuum furnaces are primarily used in industries requiring precise heat treatment, such as brazing, sintering, annealing, and general heat treatment of metals and ceramics. They are can also be used for processing wafers for Silicon and Sapphire. These processes are essential in fields like semiconductor, aerospace, automotive, and tool manufacturing, where material integrity is crucial.
Thermic Edge vacuum furnaces typically use graphite or SiC3 CVD silicon carbide-coated graphite heating elements. Graphite is well suited to high-temperature vacuum and inert atmosphere processes, while our SiC3 CVD silicon carbide coating helps improve compatibility with clean high vacuum, ultra-high vacuum and more reactive environments used in ALD, CVD and thin-film deposition.
Vacuum furnaces can operate in a vacuum or with controlled atmospheres, such as inert gases like argon or nitrogen, to prevent oxidation. In some cases, reducing atmospheres, containing gases like hydrogen and chlorine, are used to clean metal surfaces. Oxidation furnaces as also possible with using CVD Silicon Carbide Coated Graphite which forms a protective silicon oxide layer over Silicon Carbide coating.
