Materials are often heat treated to specifically adjust the microstructure. Thus, the materials are optimized with regard to their application. Different furnaces up to temperatures of 1350°C are available at the institute WWI, using different atmospheres (vacuum, inert gas, forming gas) and cooling possibilities (compressed air, water quenching):
- (circulating air) chamber furnaces – up to 1600°C
- furnaces with argon atmosphere – up to 1450°C
- furnace with forming gas (Ar + 5 % H2) – up to 1500°C
- vacuum tube furnaces – up to 1500°C
- drying furnace (vacuum possible) – up to 250°C
- vertical furnace with possibility of fast quenching in water (argon atmosphere possible) – up to 1300°C
Responsible employees:
Rene Hagen
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Chair of General Materials Properties
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-27481
- Email: rene.hagen@fau.de