Ribbon Burners?
I have a request from a local bladesmith who wants to make a heat treat oven and would like to use a ribbon burner. In spite of how many burners I've built I've never build a ribbon burner and need some general rules of thumb such as:
Number and dia of the burner holes per sq/in. and pattern if there is one.
Size of the plenum per length of burner. He wants a pretty long forge, upwards of 4 1/2' so I think there will need to be a substantial plenum to maintain an even pressure to the
Charlotte,
I too have some issues with the Hammer's Blow type design. My main concern is the way the cast block is attached to the steel shell. Cast refractories shrink some when fired, and if fired hotter on one side than the other, they are also prone to cracking. With the burner block attached directly to the plenum, a crack in the burner block or leak at the block/shell interface could allow combustables to migrate into areas of the forge other than the combustion chamber. Since this part