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<strong>Medium</strong> <strong>voltage</strong> <strong>switchgear</strong> <strong>application</strong> <strong>guide</strong><br />

Appendix 6: alternating<br />

current melting arc<br />

furnaces<br />

1 - MELTING PROCESS<br />

Arc furnace operating principle<br />

The operations standard including processing scrap cycle metal of loading, an arc furnace melting, comprises liquid steel a refining series ofand<br />

casting.<br />

alternating current melting arc furnace<br />

scrap metal<br />

loading<br />

melting<br />

liquid bath<br />

refining<br />

casting of liquid<br />

steel in ladles<br />

and inter-casting<br />

intermediary<br />

reloading<br />

furnace ■scrap is metal stopped. loading For and a single intermediary processing loading cycle, is carried two or three out when basket the<br />

loads ■scrap are metal required.<br />

part of the energy melting is consumed. during which the solid load is liquefied and the main<br />

■liquid bath steel refining casting which in ladles only involves requires the thermal furnace loss tipping compensation.<br />

metal is poured from the furnace into the ladles and the time so needed that the for liquid<br />

furnace to return to its original position. the<br />

The ■frequent scrap metal arcing melting and arc period suppression is characterised at the beginning by:<br />

■strong current variations caused by arc displacement of during each the basket,<br />

period,<br />

melting<br />

■short-circuits, generated by the metal as it collapses.<br />

2 - OPERATING FREQUENCY<br />

The number of casts per day furnace: depends 13 on casts the type per of day. furnace.<br />

■furnace with refining in the ladle furnace: 22 casts per day.<br />

date<br />

11/94<br />

- B•3•2 -<br />

revised<br />

05/2004<br />

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