TPT May 2013

Industry News

Homogenising and sawing line goes into operation

eco-friendly operating policies and sets new standards in the area of safety and energy efficiency. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 157,000t of standard alloys. The supply package consists of a linear ultrasonic inspection station (UT), a preparation station for retrofitting a helical UT, and an upstream billet saw including specific scrap removal. Other supply items are an electrically heated continuous homogenising furnace, a cooling station, and a downstream packaging station. A robot-equipped strapping device operates fully automatically over the entire shift. Step 2 of the expansion project is scheduled to be commissioned in 2014. Hertwich Engineering GmbH – Austria Fax: +43 7722 806 122

be able to produce top-quality billets. When changing between standard and special alloys with different holding times, a special furnace design ensures high flexibility and throughput. The new plant complies with Rio Tinto Alcan’s

HERTWICH Engineering, Austria, has handed over the first expansion phase of a homogenising and sawing line to aluminium producer Rio Tinto Alcan in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. With this investment, Rio Tinto Alcan Iceland will

A plant similar to that installed at Rio Tinto Alcan

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