| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Fuchs / 1996 |
| Shut down 2000 | |
| Type | "Shaft" preheat type where |
| scrap charges are preheated by | |
| the exiting off-gases. | |
| This decreases energy use, | |
| cycle time, and electrode use. | |
| Power Supply | 2 x 40 MVA transformers |
| 13,800 volts primary | |
| 250-650 VDC output using | |
| different sets of taps | |
| Nominal Melting Capacity | 100 tons of scrap in a 50 |
| minute "tap-to-tap" cycle time | |
| DC Electrode | 26" diameter |
| Supplemental Heating | Nine (9) oxy-fuel burners with |
| 3 MW heating capacity each | |
| Oxygen & Carbon Lances | 2, water-cooled, supersonic |
| Equipment | |
| - Furnace | Fuchs EBT EAF |
| Tilting rocker type | |
| 30 degree tilt to tap side | |
| 10 degree tilt to slagpit side | |
| - Furnace Shell | 19.7 ft diameter / 6.0m |
| 3 sections | |
| 16 water-cooled panels | |
| Bottom section lined at anode | |
| w/ refractory conductive brick | |
| - Molten Metal Transfer Ladles | 6, 100 tons each |
| - Ladle Metallurgy Furnace | NOT INCLUDED |
| - Continuous Billet Caster | Comcast Convex S-17-9 CCS |
| 165mm square billets / 6.5" | |
| 3 strands per cast | |
| 9m casting arc / 29.5 ft | |
| 14.5m max length / 47.6 ft | |
| 3.7 mpm max cast speed / 12fpm | |
| 2.8 - 3.0 mpm nominal speed | |
| - Spare Parts | New transformer |
| New EAF pin bottom, etc. | |
| - Molten Metal Cranes | 2, 185 tons capacity each |
| Sold "as is, where is" installed, not running. | |
| Please ask about our ST-143 bar mill that is associated | |
| with this equipment. |





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