While the silicon carbide igniter was engineered to last the full life of a furnace, due to typical issues that lead to short cycling, typical igniter life is in the eight- to 12-year range. In the ...

A new retrofit kit, for replacement of silicon carbide hot surface ignition (HSI) modules with new silicon nitride (SiN) ignitors has been introduced that will provide longer igniter life and more ...

Silicon nitride is well known as a robust material, with a long history of success in igniter and glow-plug applications. One of the reasons for this robustness is its fracture toughness, ...