Carbolite Gero PF-400 Industrial Oven - 250°C / 460L

The Carbolite Gero PF-400 is a heavy-duty, industrial-grade floor-standing laboratory and production chamber oven engineered for large-scale precision drying, thermal curing, serialization, component preheating, and long-term environmental degradation testing. Delivering an expansive internal chamber volume of 460 litres and a maximum operating temperature of 250 °C, this high-capacity workstation is specifically designed for facilities treating bulky physical specimens, high-mass metal fabrications, or high-volume batch assemblies. The thermal architecture features a robust fan convection (forced air circulation) array that dynamically drives preheated air through the cavernous workspace, yielding exceptional spatial temperature uniformity and structural cycle stability.

The inner chamber of the PF-400 is constructed entirely from chemical-resistant stainless steel, guaranteeing excellent structural endurance against moisture and aggressive outgassing from resins or coating compounds. Thermal isolation and operator workplace protection are enforced by a heavy-duty lever latch door mechanism paired with an airtight industrial silicone gasket that securely seals the workspace while ensuring the external casework remains at low, safe touch temperatures. System automation and thermal ramp scheduling are managed by the advanced digital Carbolite Gero 301 PID controller, supplying smooth single-ramp tracking to setpoint and process timer functions. Fully compliant with global laboratory safety standard BS EN 61010-2-010:2003, the PF-400 represents a rigid, trustworthy solution for demanding manufacturing and research facilities.

Product Highlights:

• Rigid Floor-Standing Architecture: Built with an expansive 460-litre capacity in a freestanding structural footprint, perfectly suited for heavy industrial parts and complex, multi-tiered sample batches.

• Forced Fan Convection Array: High-output internal fan maintains exceptional uniform air distribution across the massive chamber, mitigating temperature gradients and optimizing heat transfer.

• Corrosion-Resistant Stainless Steel Internals: High-grade stainless steel internal shell offers prolonged resistance to chemical attacks, humidity, and operational abrasion.

• Carbolite Gero 301 PID Controller: Equipped with an intuitive digital interface that manages automated single-ramp processing, delayed start routines, and precision countdown timers.

• High-Capacity Shelving Grid: Supplied with 3 nickel-chrome plated wire shelves adjustable across 14 versatile runner slots, facilitating tailored structural height allocations.

• Certified Operator Safety: Fully evaluated and engineered to meet the strict global criteria of safety standard BS EN 61010-2-010:2003 for completely secure industrial profiling.

Technical Specifications:

• Brand / Model: Carbolite Gero PF-400

• Max Temperature: 250 °C

• Minimum Temperature: Ambient +30 °C

• Chamber Volume: 460 Litres

• Temperature Stability: $\pm 0,2$ °C

• Temperature Uniformity: $\pm 5,0$ °C at 250 °C

• Heat-up Time: 85 Minutes to maximum temperature

• Recovery Time: 25 Minutes back to setpoint after short door access

• Internal Dimensions (HxWxD): 1500 x 605 x 510 mm

• External Dimensions (HxWxD): 1835 x 1025 x 1100 mm

• Shelves Fitted / Max Allowed: 3 Included / 14 Shelves total

• Shelf Loading (Each / Total Standard): 10 kg / 75 kg

• Air Changes Per Hour: 30 continuous air changes

• Max Power: 6000 Watts (6 kW)

• Holding Power: 2200 Watts

• Net Weight: 200 kg

• Configuration: Floor-standing

Optional Upgrades & Customization:

• Independent digital over-temperature protection loop to safeguard critical, high-value product batches and ensure secure, unattended overnight processing.

• Selection of advanced multi-segment digital profile programmers, integrated digital multi-channel data loggers, and digital communication ports for plant automation.

• Auxiliary cable entry and access port channels tailored for inserting external, independent diagnostic logging thermocouples.

• Heavy-duty reinforced base structure and rugged heavy-duty shelves, elevating total batch weight limits up to 150 kg (supporting up to 25 kg per shelf, max 5 shelves).

• Stoving and curing modifications meticulously engineered for the safe extraction, handling, and venting of small-volume volatile solvent vapors.

• Complete moisture removal package incorporating continuously welded internal seams and an auxiliary air extraction fan assembly.

• Functional workflow additions including an inline double-glazed viewing window, heat-resistant internal lighting, a door safety limit switch (isolating elements and fan upon entry), or secure manual key locks.

• Rigid leveling feet or heavy-duty castor-mounted floor stands for easy laboratory layout modification.