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bell-type furnace

bell-type furnace

9.8
A furnace that covers steel strips with a bell-shaped hood to make them softer
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : horno tipo campana
  • Unlike continuous annealing lines, a bell-type furnace allows for precise control of heating rates.

Examples

  • The company installed a bell-type furnace to improve the efficiency of its steel annealing process.

  • The maintenance team inspected the bell-type furnace to ensure it was functioning correctly before starting production.

  • The bell-type furnace is essential for steel processing.

  • Many manufacturers use bell-type furnaces for annealing.

  • The company installed a bell-type furnace to improve the efficiency of its steel annealing process.

  • The maintenance team inspected the bell-type furnace to ensure it was functioning correctly before starting production.

  • Unlike continuous annealing lines, a bell-type furnace allows for precise control of heating rates.

Synonyms

bell-type annealing furnace
vsbell-type furnace
  • Specialized
8.2

A large bell-shaped oven that heats steel strips to remove hardening and make them softer

is the shorter technical name that omits the process term

Surface Forms

bell-type furnace singular
bell-type furnaces plural

Morphology

bell-type + furnace

The phrase is compositional: 'bell-type' can be interpreted as 'of the bell type' or 'bell-shaped', and combined with 'furnace' yields 'a furnace shaped like a bell', which a B1 learner who knows 'bell', 'type' and 'furnace' can infer. The productive 'X-type' pattern and shape-based descriptions are common in English (and in many languages), making the meaning predictable from the constituents.

Etymology

Bell-type furnace gets its name from a large bell-shaped cover that is lowered over steel strips. The bell traps the heat inside the furnace so the metal is slowly heated and cooled to 'soften' it, so the name shows how the machine works.