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Issued at 2010-08-30



The Inductotherm Furnace Group has received an order for six 30 ton steel capacity coreless induction furnaces, each with an 18,500 kW VIP® power supply from a customer in the Middle East. When all the furnaces are on full power together, the installation will melt at the rate of 210 ton/hr – making it by far the largest induction furnace melting plant ever built with a total connected load of 111 MW.

The Inductotherm induction furnaces were chosen over arc furnaces because of their many environmental advantages. When all elements are correctly evaluated, the induction furnaces can melt steel at lower cost than the previous arc furnaces. They also have much lower sound levels, greatly reduced oxidation losses, much reduced dust collection requirements, excellent temperature and chemistry control, and present a very stable electrical load to the power network.

In addition to this order, a well respected steel group in the Far East has ordered 18 furnaces in groups of 25 ton and 15 ton capacity, with VIP® power supplies of 15,000 kW and 9,000 kW, respectively. The total connected load will be 102 MW, which will make it the second largest order ever placed based on connected load and will melt steel at the rate of 195 ton/hr with all power supplies running at full power at the same time. These furnaces will be installed in three different melt shops, replacing arc furnaces in each.


Source: Foundry Trade Journal International



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