CTT Inert Gas Drying Oven

The Process

The drying of charged negative plates in an oxygen reduced atmosphere of less than 3% oxygen.

General Construction

The oven shell is constructed from separately bolted and sealed insulated panels within a rolled steel channel framework faced with ‘Zintec’ sheet metal and packed with 50 mm mineral wool insulation.

The inside of the oven is divided into two compartments. The front compartment is the plate drying section and the rear houses the water cooling coils and the burners, above which are located the air circulating fans. The floor of the oven is constructed from stainless steel sheet.

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