 | Brazing |
| Blacksmithery (working iron and steel with hammer and tongs) |
| Pre-heating for electric welding |
| Pre-heating for swaging |
| Pre-heating for rolling |
| Pre-heating for shrink-fit |
| Hot riveting |
| Freeing seized nuts and bolts |
| Thermophotovoltaic electric power generation |
| High temperature furnaces & Cupolas |
| Cutting of corroded automotive body or exhaust components |
| Rough cutting of steel e.g. scrap |
| Surface hardening of steel |
| Glass-making |
| Glass-working |
| Paint-stripping |
| Stone-roughening by thermal shock (normally an oxy-acetylene process) |
| Scale-loosening by thermal shock |
| Flame-spraying |
| Brazing: faster and capable of harder alloys relative to ordinary burners, cheaper than oxy-fuel, |
| Blacksmithery: (working iron and steel with hammer and tongs) : no need for large forge, more portable than forge, cheaper and more portable than oxy-acetylene |
| Pre-heating for electric welding: lower cost, more portable than oxy-fuel |
| Pre-heating for swaging, rolling
and shrink-fit: faster than standard burner/furnace, lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Hot riveting: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Freeing seized nuts and bolts: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Thermophotovoltaic electric power generation: works in range from a few tens of watts to a kilowatt where batteries and petrol generators are unsuitable. |
| High temperature furnaces & Cupolas: lower cost than oxy-fuel or electric |
| Cutting of corroded automotive body or exhaust components: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Rough cutting of steel e.g.. scrap: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Surface hardening of steel: lower cost than electric induction or oxy-fuel |
| Glass-making: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Glass-working: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Paint-stripping: higher speed than ordinary burner, less damage to substrate |
| Stone-roughening by thermal shock: lower cost than oxy-acetylene process |
| Scale-loosening by thermal shock: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
| Flame-spraying: lower cost than oxy-fuel |
