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    Experiment No. 6 Pit Furnace Melting Practice: Aim Theory

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    The document discusses pit furnace melting practice. It describes how crucibles have properties that allow them to withstand high temperatures. A pit crucible furnace consists of a crucible placed below ground level that can be heated by coke, oil, or gas. The metal charge is placed in the crucible surrounded by burning coke. This allows the metal to melt and be heated without contamination from the fuel. Some advantages are low costs, ease of operation, and uniform heating without contamination of the melting charge.

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    Experiment No. 6 Pit Furnace Melting Practice: Aim Theory

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    The document discusses pit furnace melting practice. It describes how crucibles have properties that allow them to withstand high temperatures. A pit crucible furnace consists of a crucible placed below ground level that can be heated by coke, oil, or gas. The metal charge is placed in the crucible surrounded by burning coke. This allows the metal to melt and be heated without contamination from the fuel. Some advantages are low costs, ease of operation, and uniform heating without contamination of the melting charge.

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    The document discusses pit furnace melting practice. It describes how crucibles have properties that allow them to withstand high temperatures. A pit crucible furnace consists of a crucible placed below ground level that can be heated by coke, oil, or gas. The metal charge is placed in the crucible surrounded by burning coke. This allows the metal to melt and be heated without contamination from the fuel. Some advantages are low costs, ease of operation, and uniform heating without contamination of the melting charge.

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    Experiment No. 6 Pit Furnace Melting Practice: Aim Theory

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    Experiment No.

    6
    Pit Furnace Melting Practice

    Aim – To Study Pit Furnace Melting Practice.

    Theory –
     Crucibles –
    Crucibles have survived for over hundred years due to its unique combination of properties :
    1. Refractoriness
    2. Resistance to thermal shock
    3. Resistance to erosion
    4. Resistance to chemical attack
    5. High thermal conductivity
    6. Resistance to oxidation
    7. Retention of thermal conductivity
    8. Good mechanical strength

     Crucible Furnace –
    In crucible furnace, the metal charge is placed and melted in a crucible. A crucible is
    made of silicon carbide, graphite or other refractory materials and it can withstand high
    temperatures. Crucibles are available in many sizes from no. 1 to no. 400. The number indicates
    amount of material that can be handled by the crucible.
    A crucible furnace is though mainly used for melting non-ferrous metals and alloys, it has
    been and is being used for melting cast iron and steels. A crucible furnace consists of a steel shell
    provided with refractory lining inside.
     Pit Crucible Furnace –
    It consists of a crucible placed in a pit below ground level. It may be coke, oil or gas fired
    furnace but usually is fired with coke. Coke is placed round and above crucible as to melt and
    superheat the metal charge. Since molten metal dose not come in contact with fuel, there is no
    pick up of carbon and other elements and thus there is almost no compositional change. Coke
    fired crucible pit furnace melts cast iron and non ferrous metals and alloys.
    The metal charge consists of broken casting, pig iron, foundry returns. The coke bed is
    formed, ignited and allowed to burn. Once it reaches the state of maximum combustion, coke
    from centre of coke bed is shifted towards the sides of pit to make space for the crucible
    containing metal charge. The crucible is supported from all sides by coke and its top is covered
    with a lid. A blower is used to provide the necessary air for the combustion of coke while the
    charge is melting. As the charge melts and attains required pouring temperature, crucible is
    brought out of the furnace and with the help of tongs etc. and is taken to the place of pouring.

    ADVANTAGES –
    I. Low initial cost
    II. Easy to operate
    III. Low cost of fuel.

    The advantages of crucible furnace over open flame melting have traditionally been:
    I. Uniform heating of the charge
    II. No contamination of the charge by products of combustion
    III. Flexibility, the ability of change of alloys
    IV. Low melting losses
    V. Low capital and installation cost
    Laboratory Pit furnace melting set-up

    Aluminium Scrap being melted in a pit furnace

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