Chip remelting plants

Chip pre-treatment and melting plant

These are pre-treatment and melting plants that are specifically designed for processing loose swarf and light-gauge scrap. The design is a result of extensive in-house R&D aimed at achieving outstanding cost-effectiveness and green operation.

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CORE CHARACTERISTICS:

Chips are charged continuously and heated to some 400 °C in seconds. This evaporates both hydrocarbons and moisture
Dryer and melting furnace functions combined in one process to thermally reclaim organic components
Hot swarf goes directly into the melting process. That avoids further oxidation or moisture pick-up
Electromagnetic liquid-metal pump for quick, vigorous submersion of the charged material and continuous melt bath agitation

YOUR BENEFITS:

Customized pre-treatment of chips for best drying and melting behaviour (sieving, shredding, centrifuging, magnetic separation, dosing, etc.)
Melting plants for remelting chips and swarf with possible adherent water, oil or emulsion + melting of ingots, sows and scrap
Melting capacity 2 - 8 t/h or 40 to 160 t/d
Very low specific energy consumption (< 600 kWh/ton including drying)
Extremely low melt loss (< 1 %) thus this high metal recovery
Low manpower for operation and maintenance
Superior metal quality of the melt (low oxide and hydrogen content)
Meeting most stringent environmental standards