MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517058630 A) filed by Daiki Engineering Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan, on June 18, for 'aluminum furnace and method for producing molten aluminum.'

Inventor(s) include Kawaguchi Ryuji; Nishikawa Naohisa; Kanjanawongsamas Arth; Jirathampradap Supot; Kaewsing Wittayakom; Jirojtanut Kittapuk; and Ruaisawangbun Thanaphon.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aluminum furnace and a method for producing molten aluminum, with which high-quality molten aluminum can be obtained. An aluminum furnace (1) comprises: a melting chamber (2) into which an aluminum ingot is input and in which the ingot is melted to produce molten aluminum; a holding chamber (4) which is connected to the melting chamber (2) and is for maintaining the temperature of the molten aluminum introduced from the melting chamber (2) at a predetermined temperature; a lid (5) which is provided on the upper surface of the holding chamber (4) and is for opening and closing the holding chamber; and a burner which is provided to the lid (5) and is for heating the molten aluminum in the holding chamber (4), wherein the distance between the ceiling and the floor of the holding chamber (4) is 600 mm or less, and the burner is a proximity heating burner."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/042061.

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