Continuous casting know-how and technology from Finland

摘要

The Outokumpu group employs more than 19,000 people in over 40 countries and supplies copper products, stainless steel and related technologies for various industries. UPCAST~R is a continuous casting system for producing high-quality copper and copper alloy wire rods and is the market leader in small-to-medium size units. Over 140 UPCAST units have been installed worldwide since the introduction of the system in 1971. The latest addition of UPCAST plants in the CIS market area was in 2002, when Odeskable in Ukraine installed a 12,000 TPA UPCAST unit. UPCAST is an easy-to-operate system for producing copper rod from cathodes. The capacities range from 2,000 to 30,000 TPA and cast rod diameter is typically 8mm. When a capacity is up to 7,500 TPA, the plant is supplied as a single-furnace system (=combined melting/holding furnace). For capacities over that, a separate melting furnace is required. The system is always tailor-made to meet the customers needs with regard to lay-out, level of automation, product mix (copper and/or alloys, rod and diameters) and Outokumpu supplies a comprehensive package of operational training along with each UPCAST delivery, including a training period in Finland and a number of specialist services after the start-up of the plant.