Richards Thermocouple and Temperature Sensor Catalog 16

Protection Tubes - Applications by Industry

Code

Material

Code

Material

Code

Material

Code

Material

K E Y S

Inconel ® 600

Incoloy ® 800

6

10

CI

Cast Iron

QZ

Quartz

Hexoloy ® SA

7

446 Stainless Steel

16

316 Stainless Steel

HX

RP

Refractory Tube

8

304 Stainless Steel

20

310 Stainless Steel

LT

Cermet (Metal Ceramic)

SC

Silicon Carbide

Inconel ® 601

9

A

Alumina

M

Mullite

SS

Low Carbon Steel

Application By Industry

Protection Tube Material Code

Heat Treating Industry

6 7 8

9 10 16 20 CI SS A M QZ SC HX LT RP

Annealing - Up to 1300°F or 704°C

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Annealing - Over 1300°F or 704°C

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Annealing - Bright Batch

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Annealing - Bright Continuous

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Carburizing Hardening - Up to 1500°F or 816°C

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Carburizing Hardening - 1500°F - 2000°F or 816°C - 1093°C

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Carburizing Hardening - Over 2000°F or 1093°C

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Lead hardening

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Quench Oil

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Salt Bath - Cyanide

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Salt Bath - High Speed

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Salt Bath - Neutral

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Salt Bath - Nitriding

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Iron and Steel Industry

6 7 8

9 10 16 20 CI SS A M QZ SC HX LT RP

Basic Oxygen furnace

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Billet and slab heating, Butt welding - Up to 2000°F or 1093°C

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Billet and slab heating, Butt welding - Over 2000°F or 1093°C

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Blast furnaces - Downcomer

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Blast furnaces - Stove dome

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Blast furnaces - Hot blast main

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Blast furnaces - Stove trunk

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Blast furnaces - Stove outlet tube

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Bright annealing batch - Top work temperature

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Bright annealing batch - Bottom work temperature

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Bright annealing batch - Continuous furnace section

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Forging furnaces

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Galvanizing - Hot dip

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Open hearth - Flues and stack

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Open hearth - Checkers

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Palm oil

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Pickling tanks

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Soaking pits - Up to 2000°F or 1093°C

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Soaking pits - Over 2000°F or 1093°C

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Tinning

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Vacuum melting - Induction up to 3200°F or 1761°C

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Waste heat boilers

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Jewelry Production

6 7 8

9 10 16 20 CI SS A M QZ SC HX LT RP

Gold - Molten

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Silver - Molten

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Smelting and Refining

6 7 8

9 10 16 20 CI SS A M QZ SC HX LT RP

Roasting Sulphur ores

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Zinc retort preheaters

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Zinc smelter

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Registered Trademarks: Hastelloy ® of Haynes Int’l . Hexoloy ® of Saint-Gobain. Inconel ® , Incoloy ® and Monel ® of Special Metals Corp.

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