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High speed train catenary wire continuously cast
User application article Rautomead provides continuous casting systems for copper-magnesium catenary wire, preferred for high-speed railroads, as it offers high tensile strength and good creep resistance.
News from Rautomead International (10 June 2008)
Silver continuous caster uses graphite crucible
A horizontal continuous billet casting machine uses a graphite crucible furnace with its naturally oxygen-reducing characteristics to produce silver and silver alloy billets.
News from Rautomead International ( 7 May 2008)
Brass wire rod continuously cast to near-net-shape
Rautomead's continuous casting machine produces copper to near-net-shape, eliminating some of the traditional intermediate process steps and reducing manufacturing costs.
News from Rautomead International ( 8 April 2008)
300 tonne steel slab carrier refurbished
User application article The refurbishment of a Kress 300-tonne slab carrier was completed over a six-month time frame and the carrier is now fully operational while a second carrier unit is being refurbished. Brochure available
News from Corus Northern Engineering Services ( 3 April 2008)
Centrifugal vacuum machines cast titanium alloys
Centrifugal vacuum casting machines produce precision casting of most of the common titanium alloys using the lost-wax investment casting system.
News from Topcast Engineering (27 February 2008)
Converted billet heater boosts tube mill output
User application article Gas company converted a rotary hearth furnace to oxy-fuel firing for billet reheating at a tube mill and provided 25% more capacity and 50% less fuel consumption.
News from Linde Gas (25 February 2008)
Flameless oxy-fuel rotary hearth furnace delivered
User application article A flameless oxy-fuel rotary hearth furnace, delivered to a speciality steels company, provides 35% increased heating capacity and 35% reduction in fuel consumption.
News from Linde Gas (18 February 2008)
Continuous cast Cu:Mg alloys controlled finely
A novel resistance-heated continuous casting furnace design enables magnesium to be accurately controlled and uniformly distributed in copper-magnesium alloys.
News from Rautomead International (19 December 2007)
Upwards vertical caster produces Cu-Mg rod
User application article An upwards vertical casting machine uses a graphite crucible, electrical resistance heating and nitrogen gas protection of the internal hot-working parts to produce copper-magnesium rod.
News from Rautomead International (30 November 2007)
Keeping a steel melting arc furnace cool
User application article Eight electromagnetic flowmeters measure the critical flow of cooling water in a 50 tonne electric arc furnace to ensure the correct operation of the cooling system.
News from Krohne (19 November 2007)
Metal producing products expertise expands
Manufacturer of high conductivity copper castings has built up considerable expertise in water-cooled copper products in very high temperature environments such as blast furnaces. Brochure available
News from Corus Northern Engineering Services (16 November 2007)
Producing oxygen-free copper wire rod
Two different technologies of plant are offered for the production of oxygen-free copper wire rod, based on resistance heating and induction heating systems.
News from Rautomead International ( 3 September 2007)
Encoder measures blast furnace plug rotation
User application article Not many encoders can survive the environment near the base of a blast furnace, but the sensing principle and the vernier disc of an 'ultra tough' encoder works on taphole plugging..
News from Motor Technology ( 6 August 2007)
NF continuous casting dies changed in under 2h
On the latest non-ferrous horizontal continuous casting machines, the casting dies can now be changed without having to cool the furnace, reducing changeover time from over 26h to under 2h.
News from Rautomead International ( 2 August 2007)
Air mist spray cooling ups slab cast quality
User application article Steel slab continuous caster is now producing higher quality steel grades since its cooling system was converted from conventional water feed into air mist spray cooling. Brochure available
News from Corus Northern Engineering Services (23 July 2007)
Continually cast batches of NF bar 'in-house'
A supplier of continuous casting technology provides upward vertical, horizontal or vertical downward casting equipment to produce 'near net shape' brass and bronze bar.
News from Rautomead International ( 3 July 2007)
Gas burners for the metals industry demonstrated
Gas burners for the iron, steel and metals industries offer improved yield and quality, enhanced throughput and reduced costs, as well as limited environmental impact.
News from Linde Gas (13 June 2007)
Updating data recording for steel furnaces
User application article Legislation calls for a massive amount of data from a basic oxygen steel furnace to be recorded in specific detail, with a high degree of reliability - which legacy systems can not cope with. Brochure available
News from Matrikon (11 April 2007)
Contnuous casting+extrusion lowers NF product cost
A radically different combination of technologies, involving continuous casting of copper rod and continuous extrusion of profiles, is finding increasing favour in the non-ferrous industry.
News from Rautomead International ( 3 April 2007)
Flowmeters improve blast furnace efficiency
User application article Flowmeters are being used in two blast furnace processes: on circulation pumps to optimise the conveyance of slurry and on the feed to centrifuges to control slurry density.
News from Krohne (27 March 2007)
Protecting steel plants from flashbacks
Replacing non-return valves, a combination of a gas filter, non-return valve and flashback arrestor can protect steel plants from production failures.
News from Witt Gas Techniques (23 March 2007)
Continuously casting O2-free copper wire rod
Oxygen-free continuous casting of copper and copper alloy wire rod includes machines for the casting of 8mm CuOF for subsequent manufacture to high quality fine wire.
News from Rautomead International ( 6 March 2007)
Control system improves blast furnace management
User application article Corus has improved its management of the blast furnace at its Scunthorpe Steel works with a new ABB control system giving it improved visibility.
News from ABB Automation Technologies Instrumentation and Automation (19 February 2007)
Continuous process benefits silver casting
User application article The totally enclosed nature of a continuous casting process is a particularly suitable for casting silver and eliminating any residual oxygen.
News from Rautomead International ( 1 February 2007)
Brass rod continuously cast at lower cost
User application article Continuous casting of 8mm diameter brass rod eliminates several intermediate processes can be eliminated thus achieving a significant reduction in both the capital cost.
News from Rautomead International ( 1 February 2007)
Blast furnace blowers control updated
User application article In a blast furnace turbo blowers upgrade project, software enabled a single control strategy and graphical user interface for the blowers - a project, which won an award. Brochure available
News from Corus Northern Engineering Services (24 January 2007)
Speciality steel open hearths reconstructed
User application article Reconstruction of the open-hearth plant of a specialized metallurgical works has taken place to ensure control of carbon, low hydrogen and oxygen content.
News from Donix ( 3 January 2007)
Unit continuously casts fine silver at 30kg/h
A continuous casting machine for a Russian jewellry manufacturer produces fine silver cast strip of up to 75mm wide or rod of up to 12mm diameter at 30kg/h.
News from Rautomead International ( 4 December 2006)
Acoustic monitor saves 5 weeks' steel production
User application article An accoustic monitoring system detected early signs of distress and an automatic review of trends enabled the remaining bearing life in the tilting of basic oxygen steel converters to be predicted. Brochure available
News from Corus Northern Engineering Services ( 3 October 2006)
Lead/zing smelter automation upgraded
User application article Automation upgrade at Teck Cominco's zinc and lead smelting plant includes a new mesh network-based Foxboro I/A Series automation system for the electrolytic and melting plant processes.
News from Invensys (18 September 2006)
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