receive melting furnaces and ancillary equipment from INDUGA
In late 2010, the Istanbul-based FIRAT Co. – the largest manufacturer of plastic building materials in Turkey – placed an order with INDUGA for the supply of induction melting furnaces for their new brass foundry. The new foundry is intended to ensure the in-house supply of brass bar stock for the manufacture of valves, couplings and threaded unions for plastic piping systems.
During manufacture and machining of these components, large quantities of wet brass chips are produced which are to be returned directly into the production cycle. INDUGA, in cooperation with OTTO JUNKER, will provide the furnace installations including the charging chutes and exhaust gas cooling equipment.
For melting the Ms 58 brass chips, a coreless induction furnace from OTTO JUNKER will be employed with a capa-city of 4 metric tonnes.
Power is supplied via an IGBT frequency converter system with a rated output of 1200 kW. The selected 60 Hz operating frequency and heel-based furnace operating regime will ensure a rapid stir-down of chips. With a heel of around 1600 kg, the net melting time per 2,400 kg charge material comes to less than 50 minutes and the energy consumption amounts to 290 kWh/t. All functions of the furnace system are controlled and monitored by a M2F melt processor.
In addition to the above, INDUGA will supply a mains-frequency coreless melting furnace for melting down recycled scrap. With its capacity of 3.5 tonnes and a power rating of 600 kW, this unit can deliver 3 tonnes of molten metal per hour. The two melting furnace systems will alternately feed molten brass via an appropriate system of launders into the holding and pouring furnace of a 2-strand horizontal type continuous caster.
In early December 2011, the furnaces and ancillary equipment passed factory acceptance at our Lammersdorf site and are now ready for shipment.
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