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hearth furnace

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hearth furnace [′härth ‚fər·nəs]
(metallurgy)
A furnace designed to heat the charge, resting on the hearth, by passing hot gases over it.


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Equipment designs include BHTS[TM] for the T4, T5, T6, T7 processing of aluminum castings and forgings, Aluminum Modular Furnace Systems, PAQ Systems, Continuous Mesh Belt Furnace Systems, Roller Hearth Furnace Systems, Screw Hearth Furnace Systems, Rotary Hearth Furnace Systems, Cast Link Belt Furnace Systems, Car Bottom Furnace Systems, Batch Integral Quench Furnace Systems, Walking Beam Furnace Systems and a SCADA system designed especially for the heat treating industry.
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Where blast furnaces are used to reduce iron ore into pig iron, various kinds of steelmaking furnaces are made for a multitude of other purposes: Puddling furnace, reverberatory furnace, Bessemer converter, open hearth furnace, basic oxygen furnace, electric arc furnace, electric induction furnace.
 
 
 
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