Design of Up Draft Furnace for Melting Aluminum

Abstract

This research aims to build a small furnace for melting aluminum materials. And try to determine the efficiency of the furnace in melting at a temperature of 1,120 degrees Celsius, The furnace design is small, suitable for aluminum melting, to building a furnace and test the efficiency of the furnace. The efficiency of the furnace using LPG gas as fuel. Adjust the LPG gas pressure at 0 - 7.0 kg/square centimeter, and air pressure at 14.6 pounds/square inch It takes 1 hour to melt. It was found that the furnace was able to reach a temperature of 1,120 degrees Celsius. Try to melt aluminum at a melting temperature of 1,000 degrees Celsius, found that the aluminum for sample was melting point.