Reducing electrode wear in EAF steelmaking

Reducing electrode wear in EAF steelmaking

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...
6 challenges of the EAF process and how to tackle them

6 challenges of the EAF process and how to tackle them

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...
How we ensure that ArcSpec works in your furnace

How we ensure that ArcSpec works in your furnace

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...
Light emissions in the Electric Arc Furnace

Light emissions in the Electric Arc Furnace

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...