Jan 19, 2022 | ArcSpec, EAF
Electrode consumption forms a large part of the operational costs of EAF steelmaking. In addition, electrode prices have been very volatile during recent years. Therefore, it is important to understand what causes the consumption of electrodes and how it could be...
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...
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 raw material used in the process has a lot of unknown variabilities and the visibility to the...
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...
Nov 26, 2020 | ArcSpec, EAF
Figure 1. Sources of light in Electric Arc Furnace. The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process is extremely energy-intensive and emits massive amounts of light. These light emissions provide a lot of information about the EAF process and can therefore be used as a control...