Industrial Applications & Smelting Coverage
Starmet’s Submerged Arc Furnaces (SAF) are engineered for continuous electrothermal smelting with custom power configurations, in open, semi-closed or closed-top designs. Our SAF equipment serves a wide range of industries, including ferroalloys (FeSi, FeMn, SiMn, FeCr, FeNi), industrial silicon, calcium carbide, yellow phosphorus, titanium slag, and non-ferrous and other metallurgical smelting. Fume treatment and gas recovery systems are available to meet local environmental requirements.
4 Key Application Scenarios
01 / Ferroalloy Smelting Lines
✔ Applicable Products: Ferromanganese (FeMn), Silicomanganese (SiMn), Ferrochrome (FeCr), and Ferrosilicon (FeSi).
✔ Application Scenarios and Advantages: Designed for high-load continuous operation with optimized short-network design, ensuring low reactive power loss and high metal recovery rates for bulk ferroalloy plants.
✔ Applicable Products: Ferronickel (FeNi) from laterite nickel ores, Copper/Nickel matte smelting.
✔ Application Scenarios and Advantages: Built to handle high-slag operation and heavy thermal loads, featuring robust water-cooled sidewalls and automated electrode feeding for high-grade ferronickel extraction.
03 / High-Purity Silicon & Chemical Smelting
✔ Applicable Products: Industrial Silicon Metal (Si ≥ 98.5%), Calcium Carbide (CaC2), and Titanium Slag.
✔ Application Scenarios and Advantages: Equipped with advanced rotation/hydraulic mechanisms and low-resistance conductive systems to meet the stringent temperature and reaction requirements of silicon and chemical smelting.
04 / Plant Revamping & Closed-Furnace Upgrades
✔ Applicable Products: Converting semi-open furnaces to fully-enclosed low-carbon designs.
✔ Application Scenarios and Advantages: Tailored retrofits that integrate high-efficiency off-gas collection and heat recovery, helping smelting facilities comply with strict international environmental and emission regulations.
