If you want to do casting at home, you’ll need a way to melt metal. [Jake]’s DIY foundry furnace gets hot enough to melt aluminium, and is built out a mix of scrap parts. The chamber of the ...

He has an hour for lunch and then continues working until 8 p.m. His job is to melt the aluminum scrap in a furnace all day long. At the end of the day, Muktar sleeps in a bed that is right next to ...

Why induction heating? Because it’s energy efficient and doesn’t make smoke like a fuel-based furnace. Why melt aluminum in the kitchen? We’re guessing they did it just because they could.

Among Inductotherm’s newest technologies is the Acutrak® Direct Electric Heat (DEH) Crucible Furnace. This unique aluminum melting and holding furnace uses an air-cooled, direct electric heating ...

Courses are taught extensively in both areas from sophomore through to graduate level. The Foundry comprises of furnaces to melt iron, bronze and aluminum as well as a forge. Processes include Sand ...