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  2. Investment casting - Wikipedia

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    Another method involves filling the entire mould with molten wax and letting it cool as a solid object. [citation needed] If a core is required, there are two options: soluble wax or ceramic. Soluble wax cores are designed to melt out of the investment coating with the rest of the wax pattern; ceramic cores are removed after the product has ...

  3. Solar furnace - Wikipedia

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    The solar furnace at Odeillo in the Pyrénées-Orientales in France can reach temperatures of 3,500 °C (6,330 °F). A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. Parabolic mirrors or heliostats concentrate light onto a focal point.

  4. Dover Sun House - Wikipedia

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    The house was heated by a system designed so that Glauber's salt (a form of sodium sulfate) was allowed to melt in a solar-heated space. During the day, fans brought air through the warm space and via ducts out to the rooms of the house, at night air was brought through the same space where the salt then cooled and released its stored heat.

  5. Solana Generating Station - Wikipedia

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    The Solana Generating Station is a solar power plant near Gila Bend, Arizona, about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Phoenix.It was completed in 2013. When commissioned, it was the largest parabolic trough plant in the world, and the first U.S. solar plant with molten salt thermal energy storage. [3]

  6. Wax melter - Wikipedia

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    Wax melters are devices used in the packaging and candle-making industries to melt wax. The type of tank used to melt candle wax is quite different from adhesives, solder, and tar. For example, tanks used for adhesives may need to be heated up to 260 °C (500 °F) [ 1 ] whilst an organic soy wax will be ruined at over 60 °C (140 °F) and ...

  7. History of candle making - Wikipedia

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    Candle moulding machine in Indonesia circa 1920. Candle making was developed independently in a number of countries around the world. [1]Candles were primarily made from tallow and beeswax in Europe from the Roman period until the modern era, when spermaceti (from sperm whales) was used in the 18th and 19th centuries, [2] and purified animal fats and paraffin wax since the 19th century. [1]

  8. Beeswax wrap - Wikipedia

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    17.5cm by 20cm beeswax wrap. Beeswax wrap is a food wrap material consisting of a coated fabric, most commonly cotton. [1] It is made by infusing cotton with food-grade beeswax, rosin, coconut oil, and jojoba oil. [2] The wrap is mouldable, grippable, and tacky. [3] It can be shaped around containers or food products. [3]

  9. Melt and pour - Wikipedia

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    Some soapmakers prefer "melt and pour" because the process is simple and safe, allowing the soapmaker to concentrate more on the aesthetic aspects of soap making. Because it avoids the need to handle lye , a hazardous and very caustic chemical, it is a hobby even children can enjoy under adult supervision.