Pillar’s Steel Shell Furnaces are designed to handle the toughest of foundry environments.  With its rolled steel shell, heavy-duty shunts and thick walled copper melting coil, the Pillar Steel Shell Furnace is designed to withstand many years of punishment. Optional items available include:

• Closed Capture Hoods or Fume Collection Rings
• Lining Pushout Devices
• Furnace Weighing Systems
• Backtilting Furnaces 

The Steel Shell furnaces are built in a variety of sizes including:

• Capacities from 2,000 to 44,000 pounds
• Connection loads of 600kWs to 10MWs

Also with the following standard features:

• Hydraulic Tilt Cylinders
• Flow Control
• Hydarualic Lid Assembly
• Magnetic Field Containment Shunts
• Side Lead Drape

When Central Castings in Anniston, AL needed a second new induction melting system to complement their existing equipment they opted for the latest technology available, a transistorized 3000 KW power supply from Pillar. The production capabilities of their existing unit coupled with the support received from Pillar made Central’s selection process for the new system easy.