The Process Metallurgy department at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) deals with the challenges of energy and recycling. The main focus is on the design, development and linking of metallurgical process chains and systems.
These approaches enable balanced material and energy requirements, a reduction in energy losses and environmental impacts within the circular economy. To expand its metallurgical research activities, the Institute of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is receiving a plasma furnace for the treatment of metallurgical ores and waste from the British company Tetronics. A plasma furnace is a melting furnace with a plasma torch that is suitable for melting and remelting iron, steel and non-ferrous metals with a high degree of purity. The HIF will receive a double-electrode plasma furnace (TEPF), which is based on a proven, patented technology and can be used flexibly for research and experimental work on the reduction, refining and valorization of slags from metallurgical processes in particular.
The plasma furnace will be delivered, installed and commissioned by Tetronics during 2023. The British company is a leading global supplier of plasma arc systems that focus on the decarbonization of challenging industrial processes.
