Acutrak[R] furnace provides alloy flexibility-maximizes power efficiency. (Technology in Action).USER--TPi Arcade arcade, series of arches supported by columns or piers. An arcade may stand free; if it is attached to a wall it is called a wall arcade or a blind arcade. The earliest-known arcades were in Roman architecture, in which piers, ornamented with engaged columns carrying , a modern foundry in Arcade, NY, makes aluminum V-Process castings for the medical, automotive and instrumentation industries. OPERATION--Melting 356 and 319 aluminum, TPi began operations at its new foundry in 2000 with a 4,500 lb. capacity gas reverbatory furnace furnace, enclosed space for the burning of fuel. There are many kinds of furnaces, the type depending upon the fuel and the use to which the heat produced within it is put. Most familiar are the furnaces used in the heating of buildings. . Metal was dipped directly from the reverb re·verb Informal n. 1. A reverberative effect produced in recorded music by electronic means. 2. A device used for producing this effect. intr. & tr.v. , which was recharged after 10 to 15 percent of the metal was removed. PROBLEMS--The reverb did not provide needed alloy flexibility. Adding smaller furnaces that would take advantage of the area's low electric rates seemed the solution. However, resistance furnaces were not considered an attractive choice because of TPis experience with their high maintenance costs. SOLUTION--TPi field tested and subsequently purchased two Inductotherm Acutrak[R] direct electric heat crucible crucible, vessel in which a substance is heated to a high temperature, as for fusing or calcining. The necessary properties of a crucible are that it maintain its mechanical strength and rigidity at high temperatures and that it not react in an undesirable way with furnaces. These 150 kW, 2200 lb. systems provided the alloy flexibility TPi needed while maximizing power efficiency (more than 90% goes into the metal) and minimizing maintenance costs. Acutrak[R] uses induction technology. There are no fragile and expensive heating elements Noun 1. heating element - the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat bar - a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars" to replace. BENEFITS--TPi reports that their Acutrak[R] furnaces melt quickly, maintain metal temperature to within [+ or -]5[degrees]F, use minimal power to hold, produce high quality metal, seldom need degassing degassing (dēgas´ing), adj related to degasification, the process by which dissolved gas is removed from water or other liquid solutions. , and require little or no maintenance. Crucibles are replaced after one year. Inductotherm 10 Indel Ave., P.O. Box 157, Rancocas, NJ 08073 USA Toll free: 888-INDUCTO * Fax: 609/267-3537 E-mail: sales@inductotherm.com Web site: www.inductotherm.com Contact: Joe Belsh Select No. 043 at www.moderncasting.com/info |
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