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Electo-melt Furnaces, Kerr and Riogrande
The Casting Shop's two Electro-melt Furnaces, our 1 kg Kerr and our 3 kg Riogrande
General Info
Make	Kerr and Riogrande
Model	Kerr 1 kg and Riogrande 3 kg
Serial	n/a
Specs	n/a
Manual	[1]
Asylum Info
Location	Casting Shop
Rubric	[2]
Training	Classes or Private Instruction
Testing	See Casting Shop's main wiki page.
Restrictions	Red Tool - seek training and testing before use.

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This is a Test Page

These are RED Tools – Seek training and testing before use. No reservation required.

Always Cast with a Buddy!

For safety purposes, the Casting Shop requires that shop users work in pairs when pouring molten metal.

Electro-melt furnaces are used for melting metal.  The Casting Shop owns a 1kg Kerr Electro-melt Furnace and a 3kg Rio Electro-Melt Furnace.

Always wear Eye Protection, a Leather Apron, and Gloves when using the Electro-melts, and turn the shop ventilation on.

An overview of the Electro-melts can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A__5DDDHvhRyoQ4luNgRJ1kdpg_X_xCE/view?usp=share_link

An overview of the Electro-melt use for Sand Casting can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V-B8Vhpr3hniobc8Xj7oyj2X0ULEY-fP/view?usp=share_link

Select crucibles are supplied by the shop and dedicated to a single metal to avoid cross contamination.

Frequent shop users may wish to purchase their own crucibles for personal use. New crucibles can be purchased here:

https://www.riogrande.com/product/rio-graphite-crucibles-for-kerr-automatic-electro-melt-furnaces/704036GP/?code=704036

https://www.riogrande.com/product/rio-graphite-crucibles-for-rio-automatic-melting-furnaces/704065GP/?code=704063

https://pmcsupplies.com/30-oz-1-kg-electro-melt-kerr-furnace-graphite-crucible-w-groove.html

Kerr Electro-melt in use