Description

This presentation covers the basics of furnace operation and the importance of furnace operators and the proper training needed to achieve optimum efficiency and productivity. It also explains: furnace efficiency; guidelines to determine the potential melt rate of a melting furnace; mechanisms of heat transfer to the aluminum bath; types of melting furnaces and their characteristics; the benefits of molten metal circulation and the types and characteristics of circulation systems used in the industry today; and basic melt loss for light gauge scrap and how to optimize yield.