The role of coreless induction furnaces for recycling aluminium scrap
✍ Scribed by L. Smith
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 452 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-3449
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✦ Synopsis
In recent years there has been steady growth in the use of medium frequency coreless induction furnaces for recycling aluminium scrap in the UK. A major contributory factor has been the high metal recovery levels, particularly for clean, high surface area scrap, in comparison to other furnace types. The increase in awareness of environmental problems created by melting operations has further enhanced the potential for induction furnaces since fume only arises as a result of the charge contamination and there is no need to use molten salt fluxes to assist recovery operations.
The paper illustrates examples of charge materials which may be recycled in induction furnaces and presents data on recovery levels and environmental problems posed.