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Drawing dies & cones
The Pos-Himetal project in Gwanyang,
South Korea, is under construction where
multiple furnaces will be used to produce
a refined manganese product.
In January last year Tenova Pyromet
began design and supply on electrodes,
copper bustubes, hydraulics and control
systems for their two submerged
arc furnaces, and this year, Dongbu
Corporation asked Tenova to design and
supply a ladle furnace and a slag holding
furnace for the project.
The slag holding furnace comprises a
furnace whose complete shell tilts on a
set of rollers. The electrodes are retracted
from the furnace when the tilting
operation occurs.
Tenova Pyromet has supplied furnace
equipment for many manganese
operations, but this project is unique
in the methods and processes used to
produce a low phosphorous and low
carbon manganese product.
The delivery period for the equipment is
extremely short, which prompted Tenova
Pyromet to make use of the wealth
of expertise within the Tenova group.
Furnace equipment will be fabricated at
Tenova Timec, and various equipment
will be purchased from other inter-
national suppliers. The ladle furnace and
the slag holding furnace are intended
to be switched in later this year,
which will complement the operation of
the two submerged arc furnaces.
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