Melting

Metal melting processes are important to the development, refinement and shaping of solid metals. Every day, metal workers across the country are melting tons of alloys down to liquids to produce a high-quality, durable metals. Below are some of the essential melting processes used in the industry today:

Electric Arc Furnace (EAF): in this metal melting process, a metal worker melts multiple pieces of metal together in a large pot sized furnace to create one solid piece of metal.

Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD): The Argon gas helps remove the oxygen from the metal.

Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF): a furnace which is used to convert pig iron and steel scrap through the oxidizing action of oxygen being blown into the melt.

Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM): a melting process that melts alloys within a vacuum using induction currents. This is often used with specialty alloys.

Vacuum Arc Melting: metals are melted in a vacuum chamber with a high energy electric arc in order to refine the metal.

Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR): a secondary process used to improve the cleanliness and refine the structure of vacuum induction melted or air-melted ingots.

Electroslag Remelting (ESR): sometimes referred to as electro-flux remelting, this secondary melting process uses electric currents to heat the metal and remove impurities.

Continuous Casting Machine (CCM): it is in this melting process that liquid metal is turned to solid by various casting processes.

DC Arc Furnace: also known as direct current arc furnace, this melting process uses an electrode in the chamber’s roof to melt the metal and is an energy efficient process.

AC Arc Furnace: this melting machine uses three electrodes to melt metals to ensure a high functioning heat system. If one electrode fails, the entire melt will not be a waste because the other electrodes can support it.

The melting of metals continues to be one of the most important industries in our country today. Metals are developed, refined and shaped by a variety of processes which help them become the products we use every day.

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