Yes but the heating system and the temperature measurement optimization is crucial to accurately control the temperature range between 1000 and 1200 °C.
Hi Danmin, aluminium likes to wet pBN and, hence, if the crucible is uniformly heated the aluminium filling creeps out, covering the lip. If you cool down such a system, it most probably results in breaking the crucible because of the large difference in heat expansion coefficients. Cold lip means that there is a temperature gradient, which prevents aluminium from extensive wetting (aluminium does not flow towards the colder lip).