The stove has always been associated with soft fire, warmth and comfort. Since the time of Ancient Russia, much has changed, and it has become a universal and multifunctional unit. Ceramic oven has a very wide range of possibilities. It can not only serve as a means of heating the room, but also be used for firing, cooking. Consider each view in order.
Ceramic kilns
In this case, it is not ceramic kilns for firing that are considered, but units specifically for ceramics. Products from this material have high strength, which they acquire under the influence of very high temperatures.
This furnace is a ceramic product created specifically for this type of heat treatment. They come in different designs, with different temperatures and may differ in thermal sources. You can buy them, but there are masters who can make them on their own.
Classification of firing equipment
Depending on the user's needs, firing equipment can be classified according to several parameters.
Location of heating elements:
- chamber (heating elements inside the tank);
- muffle (heat sources are located around the chamber of a fire-resistant muffle).
Type of energy source:
- gas (maximum temperature 1100-1300 0 );
- electrical (thermo-defined 1200-1400 0 );
- using solid fuels.
Download Type:
- front-loading;
- with top loading.
Type of medium inside the chamber (applies to industrial production devices):
- general purpose (air environment);
- vacuum (as a medium - airless space);
- with a protective gas environment (gases such as hydrogen, helium, nitrogen, argon are used).
Chamber or muffle? The nuances of choice
Choosing a kiln for firing, usually take into account the scale and volume of production. For more or less large-scale activities, camera equipment is used.
Muffle ceramic kilns for firing are more widespread. We will dwell on them in more detail.
These devices are simple in design and reliable. The range of operations that can be performed using this uncomplicated equipment is wide:
- Remelting of valuable and precious metals and alloys. The muffle furnace guarantees the absence of interaction with the flame and the introduction of impurities.
- Metal processing with high temperatures: aging, cementing, hardening, annealing, tempering.
- Work with ceramic products. In such a furnace, you can get an even tone on the surface of the ceramic. Actual for art products.
- Drying inside a dielectric oven (microwaves dry electrically conductive materials well).
- The sad function is cremation. Yes, it is these furnaces that are used for this purpose. They can burn to mineral components (ash).
- Laboratory research and experiments.
- Use in medicine (for high temperature sterilization).
Muffle ceramics kilns have long established themselves as unpretentious, ergonomic, with decent functionality. Such a furnace can also be selected in the case when the buyer has a lot of requirements for the firing device.
The advantages of muffle kilns for firing
The main feature of this type of equipment is the use of the muffle as an insulator of the material (or product) and fuel (or its combustion products). The muffle is a shell that protects the heated material, is the main working space.
Advantages of the unit:
- Wide temperature range (from 100 to 1450 degrees Celsius).
- The variety of protection used (air, gas, or vacuum).
- Use of any energy carrier available to the buyer (it can be connected to the power grid, the gas main can be used).
Such furnaces can be of any size, with a different volume of the working chamber and with a different type of bookmark.
For travelers and for summer cottages
Ceramic electric oven is perfect for outdoor use. It is stationary, it is easy to carry with you. Heating occurs from an electric coil due to heat transfer from the walls of the furnace. These days, these furnaces have a variety of designs. You can choose both a laconic style of execution and design in an oriental way. Furnaces have a high cost, but it is justified by at least two properties: high power (it all depends on size, but even a small furnace has good thermal characteristics) and environmental friendliness (ceramic is clay, a completely environmentally friendly material that does not contain impurities and synthetic additives) .
In such electric ovens you can cook kebabs, grilled chicken, bake fish, bread cakes and much more. They can even heat a small room. Summer residents will especially appreciate all the advantages of this device, because people spend a limited amount of time outside the city (season or weekend), and it is very convenient to take a small stove with them, which will heat and feed.
For home comfort
A ceramic stove is an absolutely unique unit when viewed as an element of interior design. The lining of such a furnace can be made of various materials: natural or artificial stone, ceramics. These materials have decent heat storage properties. After heating, they will give heat to space for a long time. Traditional metal stoves have a heat transfer of 1.5-2 times less than ceramic, and therefore can not create such a unique, cozy, warm and attractive atmosphere in the house.
What is the difference from a traditional Russian stove?
Ceramic stoves for the home have incorporated all the best that the ancient Russian traditions of space heating can give. They quickly warm up, give off heat to the surrounding area for a long time, have the function of preparing tasty and wholesome food. But modern technology has gone very far. Now this device is more perfect and is supplemented with such functionality as a water circuit in the design, ensuring absolute safety (excluding the occurrence of dangerous situations causing smoke or fire), an additional stove or oven for cooking. If you take into account the refined design, we can say that the ceramic stove has an unsurpassed aesthetics.
Variety of options
Manufacturers took care of the durability of such important equipment, but did not forget about the appearance. Yes, the basis is always safe and durable components: cast iron, stone, ceramics, steel. It is all inside. These materials are widespread because they are resistant to external factors, durable, durable and belong to an affordable price category.
As for the outer cladding, it is quite interesting. The leading manufacturers of ceramic stoves for the home are Italian companies, and even Italians know a lot about art and sophistication. A lot of materials are used: tiles, refractory glass, ceramics, environmentally friendly paints, unique tiles.
Customer reviews speak for themselves - everyone is happy. Yes, the price of such a device will not be low, but the high cost includes aesthetic pleasure, uninterrupted operation of the furnace without problems for many decades, safety, high quality guaranteed by European brands and extensive functionality.