Development of a glass melting furnace with online control systems

Abstract

Abstract In this research, a small glass melting furnace was built with a dimension of 12 x 12 x 9 cm3. The tracking control and notification systems were developed using the Arduino board running through the internet. The 1.2-mm wires were twisted into the 8.3-mm heating coils with the resistance 12.0. When 11.0-A current was applied to the heating coil, the furnace can be operated at maximum heating rate around 5.7 / min. and max continuous operating temperature at 1200. After the test run of this furnace and control system, it was found that this apparatus can be used as a replacement of a traditional one. Furthermore the cost of this furnace is cheaper than a traditional one up to 17 times.