DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR THE BOTTOM PLATE OF A 300KG CAPACITY CUPOLA FURNACE.

¹Apasi Adaokoma,  ²Zakari Ya’u Ladan  and ³Musa Dalil.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal polytechnic, Kaduna.

Department of Works, Federal Polytechnic, Kaduna.

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ABSTRACT

The modification of microstructures to achieve desired properties is a fundamental approach in metallic materials development. Heat-treatment which is one of the primary routes of developing microstructures requires the use of well designed furnaces to be able to attain desired temperatures and a good designed furnace such as cupola must have bottom plate strong enough to withstand the heavy mass. Heat-treatment furnaces with effective temperature sensing, heat retaining capacity and controlled environment are necessary for heat-treatment operations to be successfully performed. Some of the parts of furnace considered during design is the bottom plate. This paper have discussed the design parameters for a furnace bottom plate. The plate was used when operating a design and fabricated cupola furnace, tested and the result shows that the design analysis can be adopted.