Abstract: A high temperature furnace for heat treatment of various products, and for sintering. One of the uses is for preparing dental products such as dental crowns, bridges, implants and the like. The main component of the furnace is a cup-shaped quartz vessel, with a curved roof section, and which has a wide flange at its open end. There is provided a heating coil, applied to the vessel, and heat insulating means and heat measuring means indicating the temperature inside the vessel. There is provided a tube leading to the outside which can be used for establishing a vacuum in the vessel or for providing in the vessel or for providing in the vessel an atmosphere of any desired gas or gas mixture. There is provided a base through which there can be raised and lowered a worktable. The flange of the vessel rests on O-rings which provide a hermetic seal, and which are not subjected to an excessive temperature due to the width to the width of the flange of the vessel.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved furnace oven for drying and firing porcelain dental workpieces. It has a plurality of worktables which can be inserted at a desired sequence into the muffle of the furnace oven. The workpiece to be processed is placed on, or prepared on one of the supports, the arm of such support is swung into a position beneath the opening of the muffle and lifted into the muffle. The furnace is of the vacuum type, and can be preprogrammed. It is possible to provide furnaces of this type where a number of programs can be prepared according to the number of supports and thus time is saved between the end of one firing cycle and the start of the next one with a new workpiece.