APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING CERAMIC MATERIAL

摘要

PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for heating a ceramic material are provided to measure a fusing point of material without a hot chamber by heating the center of the ceramic material with high temperature and the outside thereof with low temperature. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for heating a ceramic material is comprised of a vacuum chamber(1), a preheating electric furnace(2), an electrode(3), a power supplying and controlling unit(4) of the preheating electric furnace(2), a power supplying and controlling unit(5) for the electrode(3), an observation and measurement window(7), and a temperature measuring sensor(8). The preheating electric furnace(2) is installed in the vacuum chamber(1). The electrode(3) is installed in the preheating electric furnace(2). The electrode(3) is installed in the vacuum chamber(1) to a cross direction or a vertical direction and a ceramic material(9) is mounted between the electrodes. The preheating electric furnace(2) is composed of a heating element and a heat insulating material. The preheating electric furnace(2) measures a temperature of the heating element and controls the heating element through the power supplying and controlling unit(4) of the preheating electric furnace(2).