Jan 10, 2022 | ArcSpec, EAF, Sustainability
The inflation and the price of electricity have risen sharply during 2021. In addition to these, the price of CO2 allowances in the EU has been also in a steep upswing. There has been already a 154% increase (from 33€ to 84€) during 2021 and analysts estimate that the...
Nov 3, 2021 | ArcSpec, EAF, Sustainability
It is not exactly a secret that melting steel with an electric arc requires massive amounts of energy. Typical production volumes start from a hundred thousand tons per year and reach over one million tons annually. It is obvious that the electricity bills are...
Oct 5, 2021 | ArcSpec, EAF, Sustainability
The steel industry is under heavy pressure to reduce its CO2e emissions. Even the smallest improvements in the processes make the difference when the production amounts are so enormous. One ArcSpec system has been calculated on average to reduce the direct and...
Aug 18, 2021 | EAF, Events, Research
Save the date: 31.8. at 9:10 am Our head of research Dr. Matti Aula will present in ESTAD2021 31.8. at 9:10 am with the topic “Decreasing EAF electrode wear in stainless steelmaking by controlling the arc exposure” Below is the abstract of the presentation: Dr. Matti...
Jul 29, 2021 | ArcSpec, EAF
Running an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) is a very complicated process. Large production volumes and extreme energy needs will definitely cause some challenges. Especially when the raw material used in the process has a lot of unknown variabilities and the visibility to...
Jun 9, 2021 | ArcSpec, EAF
The Arcspec system is a completely new type of system in the field of Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process control technologies. It uses on-line optical emission spectroscopy which is quite unusual in the metallurgical domain – at least until today. New...
