We have increased our range of furnaces following the recent £500,000 investment in a self-contained 1 tonne induction furnace and ancillary equipment. This new furnace, which has been installed in our Green Steel Centre, incorporates the latest fast melt technology and means that the Institute now has furnaces with melt capability ranging from laboratory scale through to 7 tonnes using our Electric Arc Furnace (EAF).
This furnace is a key addition to our capability to support ferrous and non-ferrous metals research, typically for metal recovery and recycling industries direct, or as part of collaborative research programmes, and for commercial melts of up to 1t. This new furnace increases the range of our melting capability and makes scale up research and development more cost effective. Research activities that this furnace will be used for includes steel grade development, and low carbon slag development. Melting services for clients includes assay melts and consolidation melts.
