fire a furnace

Examples (10)

• At dawn, the crew fired the furnace to start the melt.
• Please fire the furnace before the night shift arrives.
• The apprentice has never fired a furnace on his own before.
• In winter, they fire the old furnace twice a day.
• The furnace was fired with coke during the trial run.
• Who will fire the backup furnace if the main line stalls?
• By noon, we had already fired all three furnaces.
• Safety first: never fire a cold furnace without checking airflow.
• The supervisor decided not to fire the idle furnace until the pressure stabilized.
• There was enough coal to fire the furnaces.