The integrated in the measuring apparatus Schutzheizzonen in the outer heating ring have the task to prevent lateral heat flows at the edge of the sample, thereby reducing measurement errors. Since the heating zones extend in dimension over the height of the plate assembly, it is important to establish a temperature gradient according to the temperature gradient through the sample. This means that a temperature difference of 50 K by the sample has to be realized by the heating zones as well at the edge in order to avoid distorted heat flows. The performance of the three heating zones being in each case 5 kW. For each heating zone, a control thermocouple is provided, which represents the actual value. By selecting different setpoints for the three heating zones, the requirement of an analog temperature gradient at the edge of the sample was met with success in the normal pressure and vacuum operation. However, it has not succeeded in positive pressure mode, to meet through built three zones of protection heating this requirement. The increased convection thermocouple a temperature lower than the temperature setting measures in the lower zone by the setpoint. The controller thereby increases the power used for this zone, whereby heat is in turn transported by convection in an axial upward direction. As a result, there is an increased temperature difference at the edge of the sample. In addition, the lower heating zone reaches its upper limit of power, whereas the power output is minimal in the top heating zone. The additional insulation between the heating zones and the plate arrangement reduces this effect - as discussed above - significantly. However, it appears that with increasing pressure this effect in the remaining gap (10 mm) between heating zones and disk assembly occurs even strengthened. Here a modified approach to the heat distribution in the protective heating rings are required. Its realization for overpressure operation is very costly and requires numerous tests and calculations of the different variants in advance. This was in the completed projects is no longer possible due to time and cost reasons.
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