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Posco has awarded a contract to Linde Gases for the installation of Rebox Direct Flame Impingement (DFI) technology.
The installation will improve one of Posco’s continuous annealing lines at its steel mill in Pohang.
Linde’s DFI technology boosts production, as oxyfuel flames directly heat the moving metal, providing higher heat-transfer rates and resulting in increased capacity and reduced fuel consumption.
The technology can also influence surface properties.
The unit’s small size allows easy retrofits.
The installation will increase Posco’s production capacity.
Linde’s Rebox DFI unit provides pre-heating that can achieve approximately 15 per cent higher capacity in the annealing furnace.
The natural-gas fired DFI unit will consist of four oxyfuel burner row units with a combined capacity of close to 6MW.
Compared with air-fuel systems, oxyfuel can boost production throughput by up to 50 per cent, reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by the same amount and reduce NOX output.
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Linde Gases has announced an agreement with Stena Aluminium in Sweden for the installation of its low-temperature oxyfuel technology.
Stena Aluminium is a producer of recycled aluminium and the installation, scheduled for end of February this year, will be for improvements to one of the company’s alloying and casting furnaces at its Almhult plant.
Benefits to Stena of the Linde low-temperature oxyfuel solution include increased productivity as the technology will more efficiently supply the energy needed for dissolution of added alloys and superheat the melt.
Additionally, emissions of greenhouse gases, CO2 and NOX, will be reduced.
Increasing throughput of existing furnaces represents a challenge for the aluminium industry.
Producers need to constantly improve process yields, cut fuel consumptions and reduce emissions of gases, such as CO2 and NOX.
Low-temperature oxyfuel combustion technology is designed to meet these challenges.
It typically boosts capacity by up to 30-50 per cent, delivers uniform furnace temperatures to avoid hot spots, and reduces fuel consumption and emissions by up to 50 per cent.
The technology is currently employed at four plants, including Hydro in Norway and Sapa in Sweden, where it has boosted production capacities by up to 60 per cent.
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The pigs are used as re-melt stock for electric-arc furnaces.
The casting machine is equipped with Economy Industrial’s process control and water-recycling system, disposing of all excess water with no runoff to drains.
The controls reduce operator intervention and provide full safety interlocks to meet US and international requirements.
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Rautomead will present a range of continuous casting equipment and technology for the processing of copper and copper alloys at Wire Southeast Asia 2009 on 13-15 October in Bangkok.
High-quality continuous cast rods produced by upward casting may be used for the production of copper strips for transformers, enamelled wires, data communication wires, house wiring or power cables.
Fully automated Rautomead casting machines are available for the production of quantities ranging from 6,000 to 30,000 tonnes per year.
For smaller-scale production, the company has introduced the RSCC range of casting machines for the production of CuOF and CuAg wire rods.
RSCC models are designed to minimise investment costs and offer production from 1,000 to 3,000 tonnes per year.
RSCC casting machines are available in two configurations, either as a four-strand model for 8mm-diameter rods for high-quality wire drawing applications or as a three-strand model for 12mm- to 22mm-diameter rods to make feedstock for continuous extrusion technology.
RSCC models share many of the technical features of the larger Rautomead RS wire rod casting machines.
Rautomead is a UK-based continuous casting technology specialist.
http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/rau/rau141.html
If your business activity involves frequent loading and unloading of goods then you can go for Bremco goods handling tools. Bremco is particularly famous for manufacturing metal handling products that include forklift accessory, drum handling tool, trolley wagon pallet enclosement, perforated metal, metal roofing, standing seam metal, metal shingles roofing, metal fabrication, Bremco brakes and Bremco Metal goods.
The Forklift attachments come in a variety of styles and unique designs, such as safety cages, tipper bins, Forklift jibs, slippers and spreaders, Forklift drum handling, Forklift container ramps and carpet poles. Forklift attachments are primarily used for lifting or carrying goods at high height and they are considered to be safe and sound.
With the help of a forklift cage, you can easily carry cargo of approximately 200 kilograms i.e. equal the weight of two workers, including their tools as well. The Forklift attachment equipments come with a harness and a lanyard to ensure double safety of the user. For those who are in the shipping cargo business, Bremco’s forklift container ramp is the answer to their problems. The container ramp is bi-fold which makes it easy to use and store and comes in a yellow color.
Construction work can only be finished in time if the equipment being used is sturdy and of high quality. On a construction site cranes are always there to lift the goods but a strong cage to lift different types of goods is a must along with it. Bremco’s cage attachments like the goods cage, site bin and the safety cage are like an additional bonus to the crane system. The goods cage comes with door which can be swayed completely to allow loading of pallets conveniently. The locks of the cage are strong and reliable to avoid falling of goods while lifting the cage from one place to another.
The drum handling tool can be broadly divided into various categories, namely manual drum handling, overhead drum handling, spill containment and racks. The Bulki spill containment is a must have if you are using chemical liquids during your work. The pallet ensures that no spilling of the liquid as it is made from strong metal rods. Handling gas is always a reason of big concern because any mistake can prove to be deadly. Bremco comes with gas handling pallets and gas handling trolleys. The gas handling pallets features a gas cylinder cage which can store up to 6 gas cylinders weighing up to 18 kilograms. The cage can be fork lifted easily as well and comes with a big board warning about the containment of an unsafe good.
If you own all these metal products then you will most definitely need a pallet handling equipment to handle all the other metal equipments. Cavol pallet cages, pallet/bin tippers, pallet hooks, pallet jacks and pallet lifters are just some of the examples of the pallets which are available in the market. Then there are these long-lasting trolleys which you can use such as bin trolley, dolly trolley, warehouse trolleys, lift, transit and warehouse trolleys. You can choose the Bremco material handling equipments according to your needs and requirements in order to make your work safe and convenient.
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Material handling equipment is more than just a requirement for warehouses and factories. Proper utilisation of such warehouse equipment can enable you to make your factory or warehouse and lot more efficient. On a lot of occasions, a warehouse equipped with material handling equipment is able to handle a lot more work with relative ease.
Material handling equipment can be a boon for heavy industries. By utilising material handling equipment, you will be able to cut down your dependence on manual labour to a very large extent. It will also help you in making a lot of material handling processes, automatic and streamlined. Moreover, by using material handling equipment, you will also be able to cut down on the risks involved in making a manual taskforce carry out the handling jobs in your warehouse or heavy industry. While people are manually transporting heavy articles around the factory, there is always a chance of some mishap which can cause serious injuries to a worker. Material handling equipment will completely eliminate the need for any labour for the transfer of articles within your industry.
Material handling equipment products would include Conveyor systems for easy transportation of articles, Roller conveyor and Pallet racks, which will enable you to store various objects safely. Moreover, you can also utilise Storage racking and warehouse shelving to take care of additional storage requirement of your warehouse or heavy industry. If lifting heavy objects is a part of daily work in your warehouse, then you can benefit from the purchase of a fork lift for your warehouse.
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