Resistance heating is commonly used with aluminum and copper alloys. Vacuum induction melting (VIM) uses an induction heating source within a sealed, air-evacuated chamber. Often, crucibles that ...

This did the trick! The mold to accommodate the large crucible was massive and printed in four sections. The team did melt copper successfully and had four ingots to show off. We want to stress ...

The crucibles employed should be thoroughly ... first metals into an alloy and casting them into ingots, then melting the copper, and adding this alloy to it. By this mode of making the copper ...