Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 13 views

    3furnaces 120520160438 Phpapp01 130806162930 Phpapp02

    Uploaded by

    Ashrav Gupta
    Furnaces are used for melting metals for casting. The main furnaces used are crucible furnaces, cupola furnaces, reverberatory furnaces, and induction furnaces. Crucible furnaces are small and suitable for batch melting. Cupola furnaces are tall cylinders that melt iron and alloys by layering them with coke and limestone. Reverberatory furnaces heat metal through radiation from refractory walls and have high processing rates. Induction furnaces use an induction coil to generate a magnetic field and melt metal through induced currents without contact.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    3furnaces 120520160438 Phpapp01 130806162930 Phpapp02

    Uploaded by

    Ashrav Gupta
    13 views10 pages
    Furnaces are used for melting metals for casting. The main furnaces used are crucible furnaces, cupola furnaces, reverberatory furnaces, and induction furnaces. Crucible furnaces are small and suitable for batch melting. Cupola furnaces are tall cylinders that melt iron and alloys by layering them with coke and limestone. Reverberatory furnaces heat metal through radiation from refractory walls and have high processing rates. Induction furnaces use an induction coil to generate a magnetic field and melt metal through induced currents without contact.

    Original Title

    3furnaces-120520160438-phpapp01-130806162930-phpapp02

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Furnaces are used for melting metals for casting. The main furnaces used are crucible furnaces, cupola furnaces, reverberatory furnaces, and induction furnaces. Crucible furnaces are small and suitable for batch melting. Cupola furnaces are tall cylinders that melt iron and alloys by layering them with coke and limestone. Reverberatory furnaces heat metal through radiation from refractory walls and have high processing rates. Induction furnaces use an induction coil to generate a magnetic field and melt metal through induced currents without contact.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    13 views10 pages

    3furnaces 120520160438 Phpapp01 130806162930 Phpapp02

    Uploaded by

    Ashrav Gupta
    Furnaces are used for melting metals for casting. The main furnaces used are crucible furnaces, cupola furnaces, reverberatory furnaces, and induction furnaces. Crucible furnaces are small and suitable for batch melting. Cupola furnaces are tall cylinders that melt iron and alloys by layering them with coke and limestone. Reverberatory furnaces heat metal through radiation from refractory walls and have high processing rates. Induction furnaces use an induction coil to generate a magnetic field and melt metal through induced currents without contact.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    of 10

    FURNACES

    Melting Practices
    Melting is an equally important parameter for obtaining a quality
    castings. A number of furnaces can be used for melting the metal,
    to be used, to make a metal casting. The choice of furnace
    depends on the type of metal to be melted. Some of the furnaces
    used in metal casting are as following:

    Crucible furnace
    Cupola
    Induction furnace
    Reverberatory furnace
    .

    Crucible Furnace

    Crucible furnaces are small capacity typically used for small


    melting applications. Crucible furnace is suitable for the batch type
    foundries where the metal requirement is intermittent. The metal is
    placed in a crucible which is made of clay and graphite. The energy
    is applied indirectly to the metal by heating the crucible by coke, oil
    or gas. The heating of crucible is done by coke, oil or gas. .

    Cupola
    Cupola furnaces are tall, cylindrical furnaces used to melt iron and
    ferrous alloys in foundry operations. Alternating layers of metal and
    ferrous alloys, coke, and limestone are fed into the furnace from the
    top. The molten metal flows out of a spout at the bottom of the cupola.
    .
    Description of Cupola
    The cupola consists of a vertical cylindrical steel sheet and lined
    inside with acid refractory bricks. The lining is generally thicker in the
    lower portion of the cupola as the temperature are higher than in upper
    portion.
    There is a charging door through which coke, pig iron, steel scrap and
    flux is charged
    The blast is blown through the tuyeres
    These tuyeres are arranged in one or more row around the periphery
    of cupola
    Hot gases which ascends from the bottom (combustion zone)
    preheats the iron in the preheating zone
    Cupolas are provided with a drop bottom door through which debris,
    consisting of coke, slag etc. can be discharged at the end of the melt
    A slag hole is provided to remove the slag from the melt
    Through the tap hole molten metal is poured into the ladle

    cupola

    Reverberatory furnace :
    A furnace or kiln in which the material under treatment is
    heated indirectly by means of a flame deflected downward from the
    roof. Reverberatory furnaces are used in copper, tin, and nickel
    production, in the production of certain concretes and cements, and
    in aluminum. Reverberatory furnaces heat the metal to melting
    temperatures with direct fired wall-mounted burners. The primary
    mode of heat transfer is through radiation from the refractory brick
    walls to the metal, but convective heat transfer also provides
    additional heating from the burner to the metal. The advantages
    provided by reverberatory melters is the high volume processing
    rate, and low operating and maintenance costs. The disadvantages
    of the reverberatory melters are the high metal oxidation rates, low

    Schematic of a Reverberatory Furnace

    Induction furnace :
    Induction heating is a heating method. The heating by the
    induction method occurs when an electrically conductive material is
    placed in a varying magnetic field. Induction heating is a rapid form of
    heating in which a current is induced directly into the part being
    heated. Induction heating is a non-contact form of heating.
    The heating system in an induction furnace includes:
    1. Induction heating power supply,

    2. Induction heating coil,


    3. Water-cooling source, which cools the coil and several internal
    components inside the power supply.
    The induction heating power supply sends alternating current through
    the induction coil, which generates a magnetic field. Induction
    furnaces work on the principle of a transformer.

    Advantages of Induction Furnace

    Induction heating is a clean form of heating

    High rate of melting or high melting efficiency

    Alloyed steels can be melted without any loss of alloying

    elements

    Controllable and localized heating

    Disadvantages of Induction Furnace

    High capital cost of the equipment

    High operating cost

    You might also like