Holding-/ casting furnaces

Thermcon provides a range of custom designed aluminium holding-/casting furnaces for all production processes in the aluminium industry such as DC casting of rolling slabs, T-bars and extrusion billets, for continuous casting lines of sheet, for wire producing plants, for standard ingot casting lines etc. The furnaces can be either stationary or tiltable and are suitable for alloying, holding and casting. 

Design features:

Cascade free casting of the liquid metal through casting spout systems arranged in the tilting axis of the furnaces. Lowest possible energy consumption due to appropriate furnace configuration; proven furnace pressure control system; module type doors with positive clamping to maintain excellent sealing. Prefabricated door lintel refractory systems for low maintenance.

Accessories to be used with the furnaces can be skimming machines, electromagnetic stirrers, porous plugs and siphon systems for charging of liquid metal, semi automatic tap-out systems for stationary furnaces, launder laser level control for tilting furnaces.