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With the major recycling objective being to recover the metallic Search Knowledge Base
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yield combined with the lowest effort, the tilting rotary process gives
some good advantages over the fixed axis single route.
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the advantages of the tilt rotary process includes greater safety,
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Also these techniques are limited to small production units (a few tonnes of
dross at most). More recently other manufacturers have opted for TRF (Tilt
Rotary Furnace) units fitted with oxy/fuel combustion systems - they have
their advantages, the main one being the reduction of off-gas volumes but
they remain complex and costly.

Tilt Rotary Furnaces have significant advantages compared to fixed axis


rotary furnaces. In Figures 1 and 2 is schematically presented both processes.

Conventional fixed axis single route


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1. Scrap and salt are charged into the furnace. Charging is restricted by the
select the material of interest from the material list.
small charge hole.
Click on the material of interest.
2. The charge is melted by a single pass burner arrangement, limiting
efficiency.
3. Aluminum is run out through a tap hole. Opening and closing the tap hole
is slow and labor intensive.
4. Slag is run out through a second tap hole.

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Figure 1: Fixed axis furnace route
material. The number of chemical composition data
A high salt-to-oxide ratio is required to ensure the slag is liquid to run records is displayed in brackets next to the link.
through the small tap hole.

Tilt rotary process route:


1. Furnace is charged very quickly using the much larger charge opening.
2. Melting by double pass burner arrangement. Saving energy with faster
melting.
3. The furnace is tilted to pour out the aluminum. The dry slag remains in the
furnace – with no time wasted in opening tap hole.
4. Finally the furnace is rotated and tilted simultaneously to tip out the dry
salt slag for disposal. The amount of slag is greatly reduced because a liquid
The chemical composition data will be then be
slag is not needed - no time wasted opening slag hole.
displayed along with all selected material
5. Faster rotation - better separation of aluminum from slag.
information for your reference.

Figure 2: Tilt rotary furnace route

Applications

Aluminum dross recycling


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Platinum Recycling

Light metal processing

Advantages

80% increase in service, compared with rotary furnace (fixed axis), better safety, and
longer service life

50% increase in efficiency, compared with reverberatory furnace, production efficiency


improvements

5%, recycling ratio improved by 3~5%

300%, loading capacity per batch upgraded by 3 times

30%, reduced final aluminum dross for disposal

25%, saved energy

50%, reduced flux requirements

50%, reduced labour, one operator can operate two furnaces, totally automatic
processing

Date Published: June-2014

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