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• Diffusion cassettes
• Recuperative burners
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• Heating systems for rodding shops
  • Anode stub drying station
  • Anode pre-heating station
  • Ladle drying station
  • Cathode pre-heating station
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• Resistance heating wire and strip
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Heating systems for rodding shops

Kanthal electrical heating systems for rodding shops in primary aluminum plants deliver significant reductions in energy consumption compared to gas-heated systems. In fact, the net efficiency of Kanthal electrical heating systems is 70%, compared with only 20% for gas.

Using electrical heating also reduces CO₂ emissions - a step in minimizing the environmental impact. Furthermore, a cleaner, safer and quieter environment is achieved, making it a much healthier place for the operators.

Efficient precision heating

Kanthal electrical heating systems provide significant improvements over gas burners at critical stages in the rodding shop. In each process step, with the exception of the anode stub drying station, the Kanthal heating system includes a heating element located in a reflector arrangement that allows the radiation to be more accurately directed towards the target area – a highly efficient heating method.

Below you find some examples of specific benefits we provide for the following process steps:

• Anode stub drying
• Anode pre-heating
• Ladle drying, ladle pre-heating and ladle holding
• Cathode pre-heating