Saturday 25 February 2012

I had the pleasure of meeting up with my fellow metalcasters at the annual Lufkin Texas meeting.  It was good to see everyone and I learned a lot about induction melting and the associated cooling.  The guest speaker was Andy MacBride of EMSCO Inc.  Cooling in induction furnaces is so critical to maintaining the refractory life of the lining as well as the furnace equipment itself.  The goal is to make the melting as efficient as possible and not lose 40% of the electricity on heating anything but the furnace itself.

For more information on the AFS Texas Chapter 

The next meeting will be April 12-13 in beautiful San Marcos Texas (just south of Austin) and home to the world renowned  Texas State University, formerly known as Southwest Texas.

Until next time, see you on down the road...

Shane Allen
Head of Synchro ERP North American Operations