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V. FACILITY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

a. Melting furnace

• Capacity: 40 tons;
• Pieces: 1;
• Tiltable;
• Automatic burners control system depending on the metal bath temperature;
• Metal bath temperature reading and monitoring equipment;
• Gas fired;
• Combustion – burner system able to provide:
• Packaging material: stretch film, VCI film

–          low fuel consumption;

–          melting rate ensuring the casting flow;

• Gas/ fumes exhaust hood;
• Door sealing system.

 

b. Holding/ casting furnace

• Capacity: 20 tons;
• Pieces: 2
• Tiltable;
• Combustion – burner system able to provide low fuel consumption;
• Automatic burners aluminum coil packaging system control system depending on the metal bath temperature;
• Gas fired;
• Door sealing system.

Note: items a) and b) will be decided by the suppliers in order to ensure the maximum productivity of the strip continuous casters

 

c. Transfer launders system

• Lined with good insulating material.
• Consisting of removable sections for easy maintenance/ repairing.
• Covered to ensure temperature uniformity and to limit heat loss.

 

d. Grain refining system AlTiB

• Automatic AlTiB wire rod infeed speed control

 

e. Liquid metal degassing system

• Capacity and parameters able to provide H₂ = max.0,15ml/100g liquid in the cast strip, when measured with Alscan

 

f. Filtering system

• Filter box lined with good insulating material, made of sections and covered
• Cover fitted with filter heating equipment
• Filter parameters able to provide a maximum inclusions level of 0,05 mm²/kg in the cast strip, when measured by Podfa method.