The Silcarb Aluminum/copper furnaces have a distinct advantage where the furnace heat is not lost while changing a failed heater. The crucible stays in its place, production goes on.the heater is changed in less than 5 minutes keeping the “up” time of the furnace at close to 100%.
“m/s rico auto” has close to 70 furnaces of Silcarb and claims 100% “uptime” of all of Silcarb furnace
