Abstract: A furnace for firing an enamelled wire comprising a principal chamber, an auxiliary unit for the aspiration of a first stream of air and solvent vapours from this principal chamber and combustion of the vapors themselves, and a duct assembly operable to introduce gaseous streams into the principal chamber for controlling the temperature within the principal chamber; the auxiliary unit comprises a heater constituted by a plurality of electrical resistances operable to heat this first stream at least up to a temperature sufficient to cause initiation of the combustion of the said vapors, and by a support structure for these resistances, housable in a duct of the auxiliary unit; the support structure and the walls of the duct are made in steel alloy which is highly resistant to high temperatures. (FIG. 1 and 2).

Abstract: A furnace for firing an enamel-insulated wire comprising a principal cham, an auxiliary unit for withdrawing a first stream of air and solvent vapors from this principal chamber for effecting combustion of the vapors themselves. A part of a second stream leaving the auxiliary unit is mixed with a volume of air at ambient temperature and passed to the principal chamber; another part is sent to a heat exchanger in which it gives up part of its thermal energy to a second volume of air at ambient temperature which is heated and introduced into the principal chamber.