Lab Drying Oven

Description

Climatest Symor® lab drying oven adopts forced air circulation to evenly distribute heat throughout the oven, the equipment is commonly applied for a variety of purposes, including drying of glassware, sterilizing equipment, testing of moisture content in materials. They are commonly found in chemical, pharmaceutical, electronic, and materials science laboratories.

Specification

Working principle

A laboratory drying oven adopts forced air convection system, it works by drawing in air from outside the oven and heating it with the heating element. The heated air is then circulated around the oven by the fan. This helps to bake products evenly and quickly. The thermostat monitors the temperature inside the oven, allowing the user to set the temperature. The drying process in an air forced oven involves circulating hot air around the products to evaporate the moisture. The fan helps to evenly spread the hot air throughout the oven, and the temperature can be adjusted to suit the products being dried.

This kind of laboratory drying oven is commonly used for general heating applications, like baking electronic components, rubber, pharmaceuticals, , glassware and other materials.

Structure

A laboratory drying oven is an enclosed chamber used for the drying and curing of materials. It typically consists of an insulated chamber, a heating element, a temperature controller, a timer, and a fan that circulates heated air throughout the chamber. The drying oven is designed to be airtight to keep good insulation, and the heating element is used to raise the temperature within the chamber to a desired level. The temperature controller is used to regulate the temperature, and the fan helps to circulate the heated air. The timer can be used to set the amount of time that the drying process should take.

Feature

• Quickly heat and dry samples, able to heat samples up to 200°C

• Stainless steel sus#304 inner oven and powder-coated steel plate exterior oven, corrosion resistant

• Low energy consumption, cost saving

• PID digtal display controller brings you accurate and reliable temperature control

• The air intake and exhaust in the oven can be adjusted from the control panel

• Long-lasting silicone rubber sealing offers a tight seal, ensuring good insulation effect

Application

A laboratory drying oven is often used in research laboratories to dry and cure samples before analysis, to evaporate solvents from samples, or to heat samples prior to conducting tests or experiments.

Morever, drying oven is also used in industrial settings to dry electronic components (Printed Circuits Boards), and cure coatings, adhesives, and other materials, here let’s illustrate how a drying oven is used in SMT industry:

SMD package may get damp due to climate reasons, long-term storage or improper storage, the moisture inside the package will vaporize and expand due to reflow soldering heating, this may cause damages, like wiring disconnection, or reduced reliability, this is called the "popcorn" phenomenon.

In J-STD-033 standard, it suggests SMD packages can be baked at 125 deg C to recover their floor life, the baking time differs as per MSL/package body thickness. The drying oven is the optimal choice, it provides different temperature baking from 50 deg C to 125 deg C, and effectively expel moisture from MSD packages, this greatly helps manufacturers to improve production efficiency, and avoid the huge loss of products recall due to substandard quality.

Frequently asked questions

Q: What is a laboratory drying oven?

A: A laboratory drying oven is an oven that is used to heat materials or dry them out to remove moisture. It is typically used in industrial settings to dry out parts, components, and materials. Additionally, they may be used to cure materials or to temper them.

Q: What is the temperature range of a lab drying oven?

A: The temperature range of a lab drying oven usually ranges from ambient temperature up to 200℃. Some ovens may have higher temperature ranges up to 300℃.

Q: What is forbidded to be placed in a lab drying oven?

A: Inflammable, explosive or volatile specimen, corrosive & biological specimen, radioactive and toxic specimen, powder materials can’t be exposed in the oven, due to air circulation.