induction furnace

American  

noun

Metallurgy.

1. a type of electric furnace used for melting a charge of scrap by the heat produced by its own electrical resistance.

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Etymology

Origin of induction furnace

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Any conductor in its path behaved precisely as it would in the Ajax-Northrup induction furnace, which can boil platinum in ten seconds!

From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar

The basic principle of an induction furnace was the evolution of heat in the material it was desired to melt, instead of merely in a container for the stuff that was to be melted.

From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray

When a radar detected a missile or an enemy plane, the broadcast said carefully, an induction furnace of the new type was turned upon the plane or missile.

From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray

Through heavy goggles he watched the incandescent mass in a refractory crucible, in the heart of the induction furnace.

From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

An induction furnace that sets up the heating field at almost any distance from the elements that handle the power.

From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray