The oven should not be used as an incubator. Ovens are mainly used for drying and heat treatment, while incubators are used for biological culture, and there are significant differences in purpose and function between the two.
The main difference between oven and incubator
oven : mainly used for drying, heat treatment, etc., suitable for the drying of glass utensils, thermal denaturing of chemical substances, heat hardening and so on.
incubator : Used for biological culture, such as bacterial culture, cell culture, microbial culture, etc., with temperature and humidity control function.
Temperature range :
oven : the highest working temperature can reach 300℃, suitable for all kinds of test products baking, drying, heat treatment and so on.
incubator : wide temperature range, such as constant temperature incubator for room temperature +5℃-60℃, biochemical incubator with cooling and heating two-way temperature control system.
Control mode :
oven : electric heating is usually used to control the temperature.
incubator : The biochemical incubator has a dual-system cold and hot temperature control system, and the constant temperature and humidity incubator has a precise temperature and humidity control system.
Specific application scenario
oven : widely used in electronics, motor, communications, plastics, hardware and chemical industry, for precision baking, drying, tempering, preheating and so on.
incubator : It is widely used in medical and health, biopharmaceutical, agricultural scientific research and other fields, such as constant temperature and humidity incubator for plant culture, microbial culture and so on.
