steamer wrote:

--Hey, anyone out there got an induction melting furnace? I'm
suddenly wondering if these are any good for melting aluminum, brass, etc;
i.e. do they depend on the material being melted having a magnetic field
to grab, or will nonferrous stuff melt just as well?

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any metal can be melted in an induction furnace if it is set up for
it.. The power supply uses the coil of the furnace as part of the tuned
circuit that induces currents into the metal that is being melted..
different metals will resonate at differnt frequencies and the circuit
is tuned for max energy transfer to the metal.. it also changes the
tuning as it melts.

Here is one induction furnace mfgr.

http://www.ajaxcan.com/powers.htm


John