Steel processing and conversion Volume 5, no. 8

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ... of the furnace and a special spreading arrangement distributes the heat uniformly below the floor. Oil-fired furnaces for foundries. 1912. (In Journal of the,'ron and Steel Institute, v. 86, pp. 543-544.) Abstracted from Giesserei Zeitung, v. 9, pp. 24-2/, 48-52, 75-78.) The advantage lies in the simplicity and cheapness. The consumption of oil is about 50 gallons per ton of steel produced. Oil fired re-heating furnace. 1913. (In Engineer, v. 116, p. 47.) The sa:'e, abstract. 1913. (In Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, v. 88. p. 638.) Illustrated article of furnace using a Brett oil burner especially designed for heating buffer blooms. Oil fuel in the foundry. 1911. (In Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, v. 84, p. 560.) Abstracted from Giesserei Zeitung, v. 8, pp. 373-384.) Gives the principles of the construction of oil-fired furnaces and comparative tests with oilfired and coke-fired furnaces. Oil furnaces for rivet-heating. 1909. (In Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, v. 80, p. 443.) Abstracted from University of Birmingham Engineering and Mining Journal, v. 7, pp. 150-153. The data given show a remarkable economy as compared with the cost of heating with coal. Schweitzer. L,--Oil-fired open hearth furnaces. 1917. (In Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, v. 96, p. 404.) Abstracted from Stahl und Bisen, 1916, v. 36, pp. 1174-1180.) A description of furnaces at steel works in Monterey, Mexico. Oil-gas-fired furnace. 1915. (In Journal of the Institute' of Metals, v. 13, pp. 364-365.) Abstracted from Mechanical IVodd. 1914. v. 16, p. 285.) An illustrated description of furnaces in which the Burdon system of burning liquid fuel is applied Plant, A. E.--Use of oil fuel in the foundry in urgent exceptional circumstances. 1918. (In Journa...