Electric furnace
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- Electric Furnace (band)Electric Furnace (band)Electric Furnace are a three-piece metal band from South Wales, formed in 2010. The group was founded by guitarist Alex Kilby and former drummer Gareth Westwood who were both in infamous South Wales hard rock/punk band First Among Equals...
, a Welsh heavy metal band.
An electric furnace may also be any of the following type of heat producing equipment using electric power:
- A central heatingCentral heatingA central heating system provides warmth to the whole interior of a building from one point to multiple rooms. When combined with other systems in order to control the building climate, the whole system may be a HVAC system.Central heating differs from local heating in that the heat generation...
plant for a home or building - An electric arc furnaceElectric arc furnaceAn electric arc furnace is a furnace that heats charged material by means of an electric arc.Arc furnaces range in size from small units of approximately one ton capacity up to about 400 ton units used for secondary steelmaking...
used for steelmaking and smelting of certain ores - An industrial heat treatingHeat treatmentHeat treating is a group of industrial and metalworking processes used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. The most common application is metallurgical. Heat treatments are also used in the manufacture of many other materials, such as glass...
furnace - An electrically heated kilnKilnA kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, or oven, in which a controlled temperature regime is produced. Uses include the hardening, burning or drying of materials...
- An induction furnaceInduction furnaceAn induction furnace is an electrical furnace in which the heat is applied by induction heating of metal. The advantage of the induction furnace is a clean, energy-efficient and well-controllable melting process compared to most other means of metal melting...
used for preparation of special alloys - A modern muffle furnaceMuffle furnaceA muffle furnace in historical usage is a furnace in which the subject material is isolated from the fuel and all of the products of combustion including gases and flying ash...
A furnace
Furnace
A furnace is a device used for heating. The name derives from Latin fornax, oven.In American English and Canadian English, the term furnace on its own is generally used to describe household heating systems based on a central furnace , and sometimes as a synonym for kiln, a device used in the...
is usually distinct from an oven
Oven
An oven is a thermally insulated chamber used for the heating, baking or drying of a substance. It is most commonly used for cooking. Kilns, and furnaces are special-purpose ovens...
which reaches lower temperatures, although there is considerable overlap. Usage of either term is based more on custom than on strict classification.