Copper Rod Continuous Casting And Rolling Plant

Continuous Casting and Rolling Copper Rod Plant
1. Application and Composition

This plant produces low-oxygen glossy copper rods with an 8 mm diameter through a continuous casting and rolling process, using copper cathode as the feedstock.

Main Components:

Vertical furnace (capacity: 18 t/h)

Rotary holding furnace (capacity: 12 t)

Five-wheel casting machine

Drive unit, roller shears, piece spindling machine

Straightener and burring unit, shaver

High-pressure phosphorus removal system

Feeding device, rolling mill, rewinding device, waxing device

Coiler, lifting platform, take-up roller way

Packing machine and packing line

Electrical control system

2. Brief Process Flow

Copper cathode a Melting and refining in reverberatory furnace a Rotary holding furnace a Launder (to protect molten copper) a Ladle a Casting machine (to get cast bar) a Roller shears a Straightener a Burring unit a Shaver (to treat cast bar) a Feed-in unit a Rolling mill a Cooling unit (to quench rod) a Waxing device a Winding unit (to pre-shape rod) a Star coiler (to lay rod into coil) a Packing device

3. Main Technical Specifications

Diameter of rod: 8 mm

Capacity: 16a 18 tons/hour

Weight of coil: 3.0a 5.0 tons

Overall dimension of plant: 58 A 7.8 A 6.1 m
(excluding melting furnace, holding furnace, and cooling water circulation system)

Weight of plant: 106 tons
(excluding melting and holding furnaces)

Total power of plant: 700 kW
(excluding melting and holding furnaces)