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AC Furnace Technology - Bateman Engineering NV - Process Engineers
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Bateman Engineering NV Website :- www.batemanengineering.com
BATEMAN’s state-of-the-art alternating current (AC) smelting-process technology is supplied with most
of the references being in ferroalloy applications.Know-how includes pre-treatment of ores, pollution control, power supplies, raw material and product
handling, metal casting, sludge treatment and handling and remelting of fines.
The Bateman Titaco / Outokumpu consortium is able to provide state-of-the-art ferrochrome
smelting plants. One such plant has been successfully commissioned, a second is under
construction and further orders are expected shortly. The development of the Bateman Titaco
electrode system for submerged-arc AC furnaces has been successful and numerous units
have now been installed. This system is a core technology of the Bateman Titaco furnace.
The Bateman Titaco combined clay gun and taphole drill has now been proven in the ferroalloy
industry for its reliability and effectiveness. The first casting-machine reference is functioning
well and a strategy is being formulated to market this product extensively.AC Furnace Technology
Large, proven, AC submerged-arc furnaces up to 63 MVA
Closed, semi-closed and open furnaces
High furnace availability and electrical efficiency
Electrical or hydraulic slipping devices for electrode columns
Refractory freeze linings including monitoring and control
Improved roof and electrode seals reduce environmental pollution
Control and furnace monitoring systems ensure quality products
Enhanced technologies combine to ensure that BATEMAN AC furnaces have:
long-term sustainability in the market
production costs at the lower end of the world’s industry standards.
BATEMAN designs and supplies complete AC-furnace plants to process ferroalloys and platinum
group metals. Typical applications include FeCr, FeMn, SiMn, FeSi, FeSiCr and slag-cleaning operations.Turnkey AC Engineering Projects
BATEMAN designs, engineers, installs, commissions and operates furnaces for clients.
Projects are executed preferably on a full turnkey basis and BATEMAN provides all the
required process, infrastructure and equipment guarantees.- If desired, BATEMAN will enter into a full build, own and operate (BOO) arrangement,
charging a toll fee per unit of production. Transfer of the facility (BOOT) can also be negotiated.Upgrading existing AC furnace facilities
Besides greenfield installations, BATEMAN will also increase the output of existing smelters,
improve their efficiency and reduce the cost per ton of product produced. The benefits will far
outweigh the incremental cost of providing the enhanced production capacity.
Electrode columns easily retrofitted to existing installations
New roof designs and refractory freeze linings incorporated
- Ancillary equipment uprated to handle increased production.
Specialised BATEMAN equipment for AC smelting
The focus is on innovative equipment technologies and the enhancement of key technology
components to sustain more severe operating conditions.
Electrode columns for medium and large furnaces using both graphite and Söderberg electrodes
Electrical power systems for furnaces with single and multiple transformer configurations
Roof designs for closed and open furnaces
Specialised, long-life freeze-lining for furnaces
Dual, post-mounted mud guns and drills
Shell- and hearth-cooling systems
Integrated intelligent furnace-control systems
Special bus-tube arrangements for low reactance
3D-design packages.
These core technologies are supported by innovative designs for the furnace feed system, roof,
shell, refractory lining and water-cooling, and off-gas and electrical systems, including single
and multiple transformer configurations.Supporting AC Furnace project services
Project feasibility studies
Environmental impact studies
Off-take agreements for the product
Raising of equity and loan finance for projects.
Bateman Engineering NV
Bateman Engineering NV (BATEMAN) is a technologically-driven engineering-project
house serving the minerals and metals industries worldwide, covering mining, minerals
and metals processing, ferroalloys, mineral salts, environmental protection, bulk-materials
handling and water and effluent treatment. It also serves the power and energy
markets in Southern Africa.Bateman Engineering NV is Listed on the AIM (London Stock Exchange)
Solutions are provided to the challenges of converting natural resources into marketable
products, comprising process-orientated engineering, specialist niche technologies,
financial and commercial facilitation and contracting and project management.DOWNLOAD BROCHURE - AC Furnace TECHNOLOGY.pdf
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