Type of Coal fired furnace in which the flame and gases passes across the top of the enclosed hearth, heat being reflected down onto the hearth proper. The principle advantage of this type of furnace was that poor quality fuel could be used without the risk of contamination of the work piece. Puddling was one of the major process that required a Reverberatory Furnace.
A type of smelter where concentrates are melted, slag drawn off, and molten metal-bearing matte tapped for further processing.
A furnace with a shallow hearth, usually nonregenerative, having a roof that deflects the flame and radiates heat toward the hearth or the surface of the charge.
A long, flat furnace used to slag gangue minerals and produce a matte of sulfide minerals.
a furnace constructed so that a sample placed within it is heated from above as well as from the fire beneath it. For example, the furnace may have a top which reflects heat on the sample from the fire below it. [ Black, Lavoisier
A furnace* containing a chamber with a hemispherical top or dome. The heat of the furnace reflects or "reverberates" off of the dome back onto the material being heated, generating high temperatures.
Melting unit with a roof arranged to deflect the flame and heat toward the hearth on which the metal to be melted rests.
A reverberatory furnace is a metallurgical or process furnace that isolates the material being processed from contact with the fuel, but not from contact with combustion gases. The term reverberation is used here in a generic sense of rebounding or reflecting, without the more common acoustic denotation.
