What is the difference between cold and hot start cremator? Here in Europe we know the difference between hot and cold start human cremators. A cold start cremation furnace is a cremator that start it’s first cremation of the day with a cold primary cremation chamber. For the following cremations the temperature is cooled down till 450 degrees Celsius. Before the next cremation can be done. This is because a cold start cremator could have (and is optional) a automatic charging bier. And therefore it’s to hot to insert a coffin manually. Cold start cremators are a good investment for crematories that do maximal 750 cremations per year. The environmental chamber is standard for every cremator 820 degrees Celsius.
The hot start cremator is one a crematory should choose when the crematorium is performing 750 cremation or more per year. This kind of cremation furnace is made for 6 cremations per day, based on a 8 hour shift. You could perform more when you have longer working hours. These hot start cremators are standard performing a cremation with as start the main cremation chamber has a 650 degrees Celsius. These hot start cremators come with a automatic charging bier. Therefore a hot insert of the coffin is possible. The maximum temperature of a human cremator lies between 1100 and 1250 degrees Celsius. Both are innovative cremators: the cold start cremator and the hot start cremator are a good investment for crematories around the world. Even the pet cremation furnace the DFW 100 is a cold start pet cremator.