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11Induction furnace — An induction furnace is an electrical furnace in which the heat is applied by induction heating of a conductive medium (usually a metal) in a crucible placed in a water cooled alternating current solenoid coil. The advantage of the induction… …
12electric furnace — a furnace in which the heat required is produced through electricity. [1880 85] * * * Chamber heated with electricity to very high temperatures, for melting and alloying metals and refractories. Modern electric furnaces generally are either arc… …
13Blast furnace — Blast Blast (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth. bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See… …
14Moira Furnace — This picture shows Moira Furnace with the furnace stack at the front and the bridgehouse building at the rear, originally there would have been a casting shed in front of the furnace where the iron pigs were produced …
15induction furnace — noun : an electric furnace heated by a current which is caused to flow through the charge by electromagnetic induction compare arc furnace * * * Metall. a type of electric furnace used for melting a charge of scrap by the heat produced by its own …
16blast furnace — a large vertical furnace for smelting iron from ore, using coke as fuel: designed so as to direct a continuous blast of air through the fuel in order to obtain a high rate of combustion. [1700 10] * * * Vertical shaft furnace that produces liquid …
17Open hearth furnace — Engineering portal …
18Cupola furnace — A cupola furnace in operation at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan A Cupola or Cupola furnace is a melting device used in foundries that can be used to melt cast iron, ni resist iron and some bronzes. The cupola can be made almost any… …
19Basic oxygen furnace — A basic oxygen furnace, also known as an LD converter , is the place within an integrated steel mill where molten iron from the blast furnace is changed into liquid steel. LD is short for Linz Donawitz, the names of the two towns in Austria, near …
20pot furnace — noun 1. : a furnace containing several pots or crucibles in which different small batches of glass may be melted 2. : a metallurgical furnace in which the charge is contained in a pot * * * pot furnace noun A furnace, which may be variously fired …
