The paper proposes an original solution for modeling the heating processes associated to an industrial furnace, more exactly to a rotary hearth furnace. As study case, two consecutive active sectors of the furnace are considered. In the case of each sector, using the experimental data, initially a linear model is proposed, its structure parameters being identified. Using the obtained linear models and considering the temperature variation between the two consecutive sectors, a distributed parameter model is proposed, model which considers both the temperature dynamics in relation to time and the temperature dynamics in relation to the position between the sectors. In the modeling procedure, the process structure parameters variation, in relation to the position between the two furnace sectors, is, also, considered. In order to simulate the proposed model, a simulation structure is implemented. The presented simulations highlight the temperature distribution between the two sectors, in some considered intermediary points between them. The proposed model is intended to be integrated in a temperature control system.