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SMS Meer to Supply Casting Wheel for Metallo Chimique
09/30/2011 - Metallo Chimique N.V. in Beerse, Belgium, has placed an order with SMS Meer for the supply of a complete casting wheel plant for anodes, designed to produce 50 tonnes of anodes per hour.
Belgian company Metallo Chimique N.V. in Beerse has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of a complete casting wheel plant for anodes. Metallo Chimique is a producer of secondary copper made from scrap.
The anode casting wheel is designed for production of 50 tonnes of anodes per hour. The plant includes a caster newly developed by SMS Meer for minimum weight tolerances. The scope of supply also comprises a system for reducing the thermal load on the molds, which reportedly will enable Metallo Chimique to reduce its costs and increase productivity.
“Our new system for minimizing the thermal load on the casting molds increases the mold service life by up to 20%. Furthermore, less service is necessary,” said Thomas Schatz, Sales Engineer at SMS Meer.
Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for summer 2012.
SMS Meer GmbH is a company of the SMS group which, under the roof of the SMS Holding GmbH, consists of a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. With about 10,800 employees, the group generates sales of more than EUR 3 billion.
