Metallurgical Furnaces
In metallurgy, several specialized furnaces are used. These include:
- Furnaces used in smelters, including:
- The blast furnace, used to reduce iron ore to pig iron
- Steelmaking furnaces, including:
- Puddling furnace
- Reverberatory furnace
- Bessemer converter
- Open hearth furnace
- Basic oxygen furnace
- Electric arc furnace
- Electric induction furnace
- Reheating furnace
- Furnaces used to remelt metal in foundries.
- Furnaces used to reheat and heat treat metal for use in:
- Rolling mills, including tinplate works and slitting mills.
- Forges.
- Vacuum furnaces
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