Exlabesa expands casthouse capacity with Hertwich

In close partnership with Hertwich Engineering, a company of SMS group, Exlabesa put into operation a Hertwich continuous homogenizing plant at its Padrón-based facility in the second half of 2018. Following this investment, Exlabesa has now ordered a PR130 multi-chamber melting furnace, complete with charging unit, which will increase the capacity of the Padrón casthouse to 60,000 t/a.

The new furnace with a capacity of 130 t per day will be designed to process a relatively wide range of scrap: production scrap, clean profiles with lengths of up to seven meters, sawing chips, clean and lacquered scrap (shredded or in pieces), ingots and market scrap. To remelt this loose and moderately contaminated scrap, an Ecomelt-PR furnace with preheat ramp, melting chamber and main chamber will be installed. This furnace concept was developed about 20 years ago and since then has proven its worth in many casthouses.

The installation of the new melting furnace will not impair the ongoing casting operation. Commissioning is scheduled for mid-2020. Once this investment has been completed, Exlabesa will own melting, homogenizing and extrusion equipment meeting the latest state of the art.

Source:Hreat Processing Online   www.heat-processing.com