Duca Manufacturing

The Induction Specialist

MANUFACTURER AND REMANUFACTURER OF CORELESS AND CHANNEL INDUCTION MELTING EQUIPMENT

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Authored by William J. Duca

Copies of papers are available upon request.  Please contact Duca Manufacturing.

Tiltpour for Treated Ductile Iron: A Progress Report

Scheduled for presentation at the 104th Casting Congress.  Scheduled for publication in the AFS Transactions, 2000.

Conbraco Converts to Stopper Rod Pouring

Foundry Management & Technology, June 1999.

Improve the Performance of your Ductile Iron Pressure Pour

Modern Castings, July 1998, p 52-54.

Throatless Inductors Solve Furnace Plugging Problems

Modern Castings, February 1997, p 54-55.

New Method Helps Determine When to Shut Down an Inductor

Modern Castings, July 1996, p 27-29.

Thermodynamics of Inductor Saturation

Modern Castings, August 1995, p 32-34.

Evolution of High Powered Single Loop Inductors

Modern Castings, July 1995, p 33-35.

Safety in Grounding Coreless Induction Furnaces

Foundry Management & Technology, October 1994, p 27-30.

Updating a Channel Induction Melt and Pour Facility

BCIRA International Conference, April 19-21, 1994, Paper #22, p 1-12.  AFS Official Exchange Paper

A Progress Report; An Auto Pour for Treated Ductile Iron

AFS Transactions 93-102, 1993, p 469-472.

Coil Maintenance and Upgrading

AFS International Coreless Induction Melting of Iron Conference.   October 24-26, 1992.

Updating an Induction Melt Shop: A Progress Report

AFS Transactions 92-158, 1992, p 639-645.   AFS Best Paper Award - Melting Division

Coreless Induction Furnace Types

AFS Technical Information Report #CR7802, 1978, principal author.

Coreless Induction Furnace Power Systems

AFS Technical Information Report #CR7703, 1977, principal author.

High Frequency Induction Melting of Brass and Bronze

Foundry, March 1976, p 102-105

Line Frequency Induction Melting of Steel

Foundry, April 1974, p 62-64

Minimizing Power Costs for Coreless Induction Melting

Foundry, August 1973, p 27.

Heat Content of Cast Iron

AFS Transactions, 1973, p 135-136.

Factors Affecting the Production Rate of Coreless Furnaces

AFS Transactions, 1973, p 135-136

Understanding What Happens to your Coreless Furnace Linings

Foundry, February 1972, p 38-41.