Electric furnace

Music

• Electric Furnace (band), a Welsh heavy metal band.

An electric furnace may also be any of the following type of heat producing equipment using electric power:

• A central heating plant for a home or building
• An electric arc furnace used for steelmaking and smelting of certain ores
• An industrial heat treating furnace
• An electrically heated kiln
• An induction furnace used for preparation of special alloys
• A modern muffle furnace

A furnace is usually distinct from an oven which reaches lower temperatures, although there is considerable overlap. Usage of either term is based more on custom than on strict classification.