Copper shaft furnace melting and charging: A new approach

Copper shaft furnace melting and charging: A new approach

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Few successful attempts have been made to optimize heat transfer in the copper melting shaft furnace since its development in the early 1960s. Encore Wire, Ltd. The efficiency of one 25-foot tall vertical shaft furnace has been successfully increased by using a combination of cyclonic burners, innovative cathode charging techniques, and strategic scrap charging methods. Now this relatively short furnace operates with a thermal efficiency that rivals the tallest copper melting furnaces in the world.

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Few successful attempts have been made to optimize heat transfer in the copper melting shaft furnace since its development in the early 1960s. Encore Wire, Ltd. The efficiency of one 25-foot tall vertical shaft furnace has been successfully increased by using a combination of cyclonic burners, innovative cathode charging techniques, and strategic scrap charging methods. Now this relatively short furnace operates with a thermal efficiency that rivals the tallest copper melting furnaces in the world.

Additional information

Author(s)

Gary L. Spence, Encore Wire, Ltd., and John Hugens, North American Manufacturing Co., Ltd., USA.
Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 74th Annual Convention, Cleveland, OH USA. Published in WJI, April 2005.
Year

2004

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