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Like analytical instrumentation in the pharmaceutical and other industries, the users are ultimately responsible for the proper parameter setting, methodology, operation, calibration and maintenance of the equipment. An analogy in heating treating gems, we sell our furnaces like selling a rice cooker: the user is responsible to select the type of rice, add appropriate amount of water, add various ingredients, determine the heat-up rate time, cooling time and cooling rate. Successful rice cooking is based on experiments and depends on the user, not on the equipment we fabricate and sell.
On a given heating process, regardless the furnace model, each step of the process run may be configured to run for weeks or even months. All furnaces are energy efficient consuming minimum electric power possible. Full atmosphere control (or vacuum) can be utilized in all furnace models we fabricate and sell.
For the first time, true passionate professional gemologists will be able to gain valuable knowledge in heat-treating rubies, sapphires and other gems and study their inclusion characteristics before/after heating. This first-hand experience provides the basis of separating heated from unheated gems and their features. This is something that was never taught in any gemological institute, moreover never fully understood by most gemologists.
USERS: Gem traders
Gem traders are now able to heat-treat their own gems under their direct environment and supervision; there is no need to submit their valuable to gem treating service facilities, thus eliminating doubtful experiences, theft, switching and even loss of their gems.
The convenience in-house gem treating facility where gems may be treated under various heating parameters in relatively short period of time provide valuable data in understanding the inclusion characteristics before/after heating and make important comparisons and building up a data bank.
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