TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT

Electrode column

  • 1.75m Diameter bottom assemblies including copper pressure rings and contact shoes, insulated hangers, shields and down coming bus tubes
  • Double insulated mantles and yokes
  • Hydraulic system
  • Roof ring beam protection rings

Furnace roof

  • 15m Diameter closed furnace roof including gas offtakes, hangers, inspection and explosion doors with a stainless steel centre section
  • Water cooled and refractory lined

Furnace lining

  • UCAR freeze lining

Bus tubes

  • 130 KA Water cooled bus tubes including water and air cooled flexible, special brackets and supports

Preheater & charge chutes

  • Preheater from Outotec including its scrubber and water system
  • SIC lined charging chutes including rod gates and eyes, hangers and explosion shields

Sinter furnace

  • The sinter furnace is a moving steel belt with heating of the ore in a bound pellet format using the smelter furnace off gas at around 1400 degrees centigrade and converting it to a sintered pellet at the finish. This technology having been developed by Outotec a company located in Finland.