Aluminum smelting by physical process of electromagnetic wave generation with microwave oven

Abstract

In Colombia, there is a demand for quantities of metal parts of iron, steel, and aluminum for different purposes, which requires the demand for large quantities of energy leading to a high emission of gaseous pollutants; the need to start recycling and reuse, as in the case of aluminum, which is used in products such as foods used in soda cans, beers, fruit syrup, tuna, grains, etc. In addition, there are other residues such as aluminum chips that are generated from machining processes, everything is based on the preservation of the environment. This project presents a new microwave oven technique to transform aluminum chip into blocks or sheets of aluminum to be reused, from the recycling of aluminum shavings and scrap produced mainly by machine-tool shops and machining centers, when, after carrying out the washing processes prior to casting, microwave irradiation is used as a physical property of material state transformation by implementing high frequencies that allow heat to be produced by high frequency vibrations, All this in order to perform the fusion process in less time and obtain aluminum with better mechanical properties.