Overview
Although the cost of investing in an LF-EMS is generally higher than a gas stirrer, it pays in terms of performance. The metallurgical improvements that can be achieved with an LF-EMS, in terms of steel quality and cleanliness, combined with a low stirring cost means that you can expect payback typically within just one year. Stirring can be customized to match the needs of different ladle furnace process steps and is characterized by reliable and safe operation, precise logistics and optimum conditions for reproducible production of high-quality steel.
Maximize steel quality and cleanliness while reducing operating costs.
Technology that can be tailored to all ladle furnace process steps to improve the quality and cleanliness of your steel and to provide for a more reliable process that allows for reproducible production. Moreover EM Gas is available to specifically target de-sulphurization in the ladle.
- Available for furnace capacities up to 330 tons
- Stirring solutions that can be customized to match the needs of all LF steps
- Flexible design where both direction and amplitude of the stirring force are easily controlled.
- Safe operation as there is no physical contact between the stirrer and the ladle wall i.e. no weak point as in the case of gas stirring.
- Reliable performance where even stirring is achieved even where there are sculls in the ladle, which in the case of gas stirring would lead to blocked gas plugs.
- Reduced electricity, alloy and lime consumption
- Efficient inclusion removal
- Low carbon, oxygen and nitrogen pickup
- Temperature and chemistry control superior to gas stirring alone
- Accelerated slag removal
- Payback typically within 12 months