Heat Treatment Success Stories

Aluminium Heat Treatment: T2550 Success

Acting as a sub-supplier to Linde Gas, Invensys Eurotherm provided an intelligent burner control solution at Hydro Aluminium in Norway for control of Low-temperature Oxyfuel burners on a total of 4 aluminium furnaces. 

The Challenge:

• Accurate combustion control and smooth transitions

• Optimize energy output over melting cycle

• Economic and environmental savings

Solution:

Developing the low-temperature Oxyfuel burner, by applying the principles of flameless combustion for aluminium melting,  in conjunction with the Eurotherm intelligent burner control solution, Linde has taken a significant step towards enabling more efficient re-melting of aluminium in reverberatory furnaces.

Production has now been increased by the control system, with cold aluminium melting capacity up 50% while waste is less than 2%.

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Kanthal Super Heaters: EPower Success

Kanthal  have successfully tested a feature of the EPower™ controller in a novel way, alongside their world leading brand of Molybdenum Disilicide (MoSi2) heaters, known as Kanthal Super.

The Challenge:

Kanthal Super is a cutting edge technology and re-use of engineering which has simply not been done before.

Solution:

EPower controller installed  in conjunction with Kanthal Super heaters

EPower feature being tested supplies information about heater impedance

EPower unit controlled by a 2704 over Master Comms

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