Leading-edge technology furnaces for aluminum casthouse
With its modern melting technology, the SMS group company Hertwich Engineering has influenced the industry in recent years. Melting furnaces from Hertwich are characterized by energy efficiency and a high metal yield. The key figures for "green" aluminium melting. The heating system is either based on gas or more ecological by electricity.
Hertwich Engineering products include innovations for single-chamber furnaces, multi-chamber furnaces and Universal Rotary Tilting Furnaces (URTFs), but also chip remelting plants and scrap charging machines.
Together with casting and heat treatment lines as well as quality inspection and sawing- packaging equipment, we offer an automated plant concept for the entire production process: the Compact Type Remelt Plant (CTRP) – from scrap to billet.
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Ecomelt PS
The Ecomelt PS furnace type melts scrap efficiently and cost-effectively at high melting rates. It is built for scrap material like painted profiles with thermal break, baled litho sheets, UBC (used beverage cans), etc. containing up to 10 percent organic compounds.
The ECOMELT PS furnace type melts scrap efficiently and cost-effectively at high melting rates. It is built for scrap material like painted profiles with thermal break, baled litho sheets, UBC (used beverage cans), etc. containing up to 10 percent organic compounds. The preheat preheat compartment of this type can be charged with several batch loads. This results in a melting capacity of 12 tons per hour (240 tons per day). Equally impressive is the low specific energy consumption of as little as 370 to 450 kilowatt-hour per ton.
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Ecomelt PR
If you use loose scrap types with moderate organic contamination, the best option for you is a multi-chamber furnace with a preheat ramp – the Ecomelt PR furnace.
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Single-chamber melting and casting furnaces
The furnace design of single-chamber melting and casting furnaces is relatively simple depending on the individual application. The rectangular ovens feature a front door across the entire furnace width. This ensures full access during charging and skimming. Furnaces are designed either stationary or with hydraulic tilting.
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Chip-remelting plants
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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Universal rotary tilting furnaces
The URTF type represents leading edge technology to sustainably contribute to environmentally sound yet economic scrap recycling. It is suitable for melting dross and low-grade scrap or material with a high iron content and designed for 3 different processes.
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Associated equipment
Whatever your requirements, Hertwich supplies the associated equipment to melting furnaces with the right type and size of machine to suit you:
- Charging machines
- Skimming machines
- Discharge/transfer pumps
- Submerging systems
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Furnace technology
Hertwich melting furnaces are characterized by energy efficiency and high metal yield. These are the key principles we apply to design Hertwich Ecomelt melting furnaces, yet we adapt the detail engineering to meet your specific requirements.
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