Performance Improvement of Open Hearth Furnace using Kaizen |
Author(s): |
| Nitinchandra Rameshchandra Patel , G H PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, V.V.NAGAR; Sanjay C Shah, PARUL INSTITUTE, WAGHODIA; Sankalp K Kulkarni, GCET, V.V.NAGAR |
Keywords: |
| Kaizen, Brain Storming, Cause and Effect Diagram,, Thermal Efficiency of the Furnace, Heat Losses and Coke Consumption |
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Furnace of foundry shop is used for demonstration of casting and fluidity test. Certain problems associated with furnace performance observed were: higher fuel consumption, considerable heat losses, time required to melt the metal was high and smoky environment of foundry shop. Kaizen, a Japanese philosophy is used as a tool to improve the performance of the furnace by modifying existing workshop furnace. After modifications rigorous testing was done on furnace showing increase in efficiency, lesser heat losses, reduced time to melt metal, achievement of higher pouring temperature, proper flow of exhaust gases to atmosphere through the stack. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV4I100258 Published in: Volume : 4, Issue : 10 Publication Date: 01/01/2017 Page(s): 602-605 |
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