Heat Torch
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A heat torch is a tool or device that is used to heat up a substance quickly, whether it is air, metal, plastic, or other materials. Heat Torches typically provide a way to quickly heat a concentrated area of material for uses such as molding, metallurgy, hardening, and solidification.
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[edit] Uses
[edit] Medical Industry
Heat torches can been found in various medical instruments such as blood analyzers. In one application, a heat torch was installed inside a blood analyzer to make film cuvettes in real-time, allowing blood to be stored and tested on board the instrument.
[edit] Jewelry Making (Lapidary)
Commonly referred to as a soldering torch, heat torches used in jewelry making are often fueled by butane, propane, mapp, or a mixture of propane and oxygen. Heat torches are more effective at working with certain metals, such as sterling, gold, and copper, because they are able to heat these metals to a higher degree than traditional soldering irons and soldering guns.
[edit] Manufacturing and Industry
Heat torches have a wide range of use in manufacturing industries such as high capacity staking, curing, drying, heat-shrinking, air heaters, sterilization, adhesive activation, air scrubbing and air knives.
[edit] Construction
Specialized plasma heat torches can be used in the construction field to heat up soil, a technique that has proven to be useful for providing more solid footing for buildings and structures. This is still a developing technology, but has proven to be successful in prototype testing.
[edit] References
- Farnam Custom Products Medical Blood Analyzer animation
- About.com article on Jewelrymaking What Type Of Soldering Torch?
- Abbeon Company 200 Heat Torch
- Emerging Construction Technologies Plasma Arc Torch Technology
