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Cupola Furnance - A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Management of Foundry Cupolas

Cupola Furnance - A Practical Treatise on the Construction and Management of Foundry Cupolas

Hardcover

Technology & Engineering

ISBN10: 1443737968
ISBN13: 9781443737968
Publisher: Blunt Pr
Published: Nov 4 2008
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.52
Height: 1.06 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This volume is designed as a comprehensive treatise on melting that gives practical details regarding the construction and management of cupolas, and the melting of iron for foundry work. It contains information on the best methods of construction and management of cupolas, different shaped cupolas, height of cupolas, placing tuyeres, shapes of tuyeres, lining, spark catching, devices, blowers, blast pipes, air gauges, charging, directions for the melting of iron, tin-plate scrap, and much more besides. Although old, much of the information contained herein will still be of value today, making this text a worthy addition to collections of such literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Constructing a Cupola', 'Cupola Tuyeres', 'Cupola Management', 'Experiments in Melting', 'Fluxing of Iron in Cupolas', 'Different Styles of Cupolas', etcetera. This antique book was originally published in 1899.

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