The prepASH 340 Series consists of a muffle furnace combined with an analytical balance and advanced software using a touch-screen user interface. Weighing curves are recorded over time for each individual test sample during the entire drying and ashing process. No additional computer is needed. It is an automatic systems for the thermographic analysis of up to 29 samples and temperatures up to 1'000 °C with free programmable temperature profile and selectable atmosphere (N2, O2).