Electric furnace casting processes
New possibilities in cast iron processing
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Electric furnace casting processes
New possibilities in cast iron processing

Author : Jacques ASTIER

Publication date: March 10, 2006 | Lire en français

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3. Electric furnace casting processes

  • Electric melting furnaces or electric reduction furnaces have continued to exist (see figure 2 ) since the post-war period, when a whole series of units were built, mainly by the Elektrokemisk (Norway) and Demag (Germany) companies. Unfortunately, this process, unlike the blast furnace, did not evolve much and gradually declined, as :

    • it continued to require around 400 kg of coke per tonne of cast iron (see figure

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