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Saturn/Cyclops 878 Iss.05 – 08/18
PRECAUTIONS
Some precautions should be noted as follows:
1.
Although the furnace has been insulated with the best available ceramic fibre material, some heat does
escape, in fact it is essential for the correct operation of the furnace that it should.
This means that, at high temperatures the outside surface of the furnace becomes hot. If this is a safety
problem then a protecting grill should be built round the furnace.
2.
Over Temperature: All the materials used in the construction of the furnace have been rated to 1,400°C.
However, at these temperatures the life expectancy of the heater windings for example are very short. We
therefore recommend an upper temperature of 1300°C for the bath.
3.
The furnace must be mounted on a suitable solid flat surface, horizontal to within ±5°.
