Open Source Electric Arc Furnace
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Contents
Basics
- Uses a power supply and an electric arc to melt pretty much anything you throw at it
- Is (relitively depending on electricity cost/availability) inexpensive to run, but costly to build
- Is also reletively clean (so much so it can be used indoors)
- Very Fast (ie secconds or minutes to liquification of pretty much anything)
- As of 2020 this page is mainly on small welder run style devices
- The Induction Furnace makes the larger versions mainly irrelevant, but some materials will require them
- This page can be split and organized once it grows
- A Simple One Can be Made With a Welder, Some Sort of Carbon Rod, ans 1-2 Firebricks
Used For
- Melting Pretty Much Anything (Rock Included, Basalt Casting/Fiber Anyone?)
Industry Standards
Existing Open Source Designs
This Design by the Youtube Channel "The King of Random"
Minimum Viable Product
- Cheap (to run and build)
- Reliable
- Durable
- Intigrated Power Supply + IO
- Lets Shoot for 100 Uses Before Failure
- Made In Conjunction with OCI
- Uses the Open Source Metallurgy Crucible
- perhaps use the Universal Power Supply
