Glad to know it was more than user error causing my poor results. It
is a little discouraging when the dross outweighs the product.
Between the aluminum can fiasco and starting a magnesium fire, I
have become more selective on my choice of scrap to melt.
On 3/24/2024 7:13 AM, Kay Davis wrote:
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They first put the cans in a crusher
and crush them to increase the density then they go into a
melting furnace and crank up the electricity, this breates
an oxygen free zone over the melt and given the cans have
nbeen crushed there if a very low area exposed to oxygen
?
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On Behalf Of Mike Poore
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2024 9:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Ideas on
getting free/inexpensive stock/scraps
?
When I
tried melting AL cans, I mostly got Al2O3. It was my
conclusion that the high surface area to weight lead to
the high conversion rate. I think that they re-smelt old
cans.
