Industrial Furnaces & Ovens
They are used to provide heat for a process or can serve as reactor which provides heats of reaction. Furnace designs vary as to its function, heating duty, type of fuel and method of introducing combustion air.
Types of industrial furnaces include batch ovens, vacuum furnaces, and solar furnaces.
The average person is probably unaware of the difference between the two so we'll explain it for you. The difference is actually pretty simple. Any industrial heat treating system that heats above 1000 degrees Fahrenheit is considered a furnace and anything below is an oven.