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

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

Suddenly they had joined hands and were dancing idiotically around the induction furnace.

From Security by Anderson, Poul William

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

In the induction furnace the reverse takes place and the current flowing in the metal derived from that of the heavy coil in the primary is of great intensity.

From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John

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)