Open AccessDesign and Development of Portable Electrical Resistance Furnace
Author(s) -
Anand K. Hosamani,
Bharat Naik,
Shirish M. Kerur,
Vinayak Ratan,
Chandra Bhushan,
L. Girisha,
Yash Anvekar,
S Shivakumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1065/1/012016
Subject(s) - brass , metallurgy , materials science , casting , induction furnace , aluminium , electrical resistance and conductance , melting temperature , vacuum furnace , process engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , alloy , composite material , copper
Casting is a very old technique used for making various parts. There are various types of furnaces used for melting metals and alloys, working on different principles. But we Designed & Developed portable electrical resistance furnace to melt at low cost, environment friendly Metals. Further, the furnace is intended to be able to cling to the melt for necessary amount of time. Both electrical and mechanical aspects of furnace design were presented. Finally, we fabricated a furnace of around 9 kW evaluations with working temperatures closer to l200°C. Constructions of furnace process are discussed and its heating performance was tested by melting aluminium, brass and its alloys. Its operation was discussed to suit the heating requirements for various metals and alloys.