Technical data

Product Copper wire rod
Dimension 8 - 26 mm
Copper grades ETP / FRHC Cu
Capacity up to 400,000 t/year
No. of rolling stands 8 - 14

Furnace options

  Standard system Special solutions
Furnace type Shaft melting furnace Induction furnace Refining furnace
Working mode Continuous melting Continuous melting Batch wise charging-melting-refining-casting
Input material Copper cathodes and clean scraps Copper cathodes Contaminated copper scraps
Main energy source Gas Electric energy  Gas
Product ETP copper wire rod ETP copper wire rod FRHC copper wire rod

Benefits

  • Excellent product quality of ETP (electrolytic-tough-pitch)
  • Low process costs due to highly efficient modern AC-drive technology and latest gas regulation system of the shaft furnace
  • Minimized downtime and high plant utilization
  • Optimized 3D-printed nozzles for cooling line reduce compressed air consumption
  • Use of latest digital tools to control and to optimize the process
  • Safe operation and low maintenance
  • Flexible plant concept with shaft-, induction-, refining-, or combined furnace concepts

Layout

Contirod plant layout