This webinar begins with a brief trip down memory lane to marvel at early twentieth-century furnace technologies, commences with a look at the most recent changes made to the 2019 Edition of NFPA’s Ovens & Furnaces Standard, and ends with a crystal-ball look at technologies that may unfold in the decade ahead.

By attending, you will learn about safety systems and good practices for today’s furnace users and see case studies with analyses of furnace failures.

Additional subjects include:

• How you can participate in the NFPA standard-writing process.
• The current safety environment for Class B, C and D Furnaces.
• Challenges and solutions for fire detection and suppression in ovens.

Dr. Rick Martin is President and Principal Engineer of Martin Thermal Engineering Inc., and his consulting practice is focused on process safety and thermal-system failure investigations. He earned degrees from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, and is a named inventor on 24 patents involving combustion systems. He has been a licensed Professional Engineer in California since 1987 and a Certified Fire Investigator since 2008. Dr. Martin is also a part-time instructor at the California Polytechnic State University, and he published his first textbook in 2018, called “Thermal Systems Design – A Most Practical Guidebook.”