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This article discusses the advantages of medium-frequency induction furnaces and refining units based on them that can be used to refine both ferrous and nonferrous metals. Due to automation of the processes that take place in these furnaces and reductions made in atmospheric emissions and noise level’ they are highly efficient and cost-effective’ consume small amounts of electric power’ and are convenient and safe to operate. The induction refining units made by the company RELTEK can be built with automatic charging and weighing equipment that will not only reduce staffing requirements but also accurately account for the metal that is remelted. Automation of furnace-charging increases these units’ productivity by shortening the amount of time spent on auxiliary operations.
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Translated from Metallurg’ No. 4’ pp. 39–43’ April’ 2008.
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Luzgin, V.I., Petrov, A.Y. Modern technologies for processing ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal. Metallurgist 52, 210–215 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-008-9034-y
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