Clyde Metal Technologies

Overview:

The Clyde Metal Technologies Division of Clyde Process provides low energy, low maintenance and environmentally enhanced material handling solutions for customers who operate in the metals markets.

Clyde Process specialises in providing dense phase pneumatic conveying and pneumatic injection solutions that strive to reduce energy and maintenance costs, reduce the emission of dust and harmful pollutants while helping customers to improve productivity.

The Clyde Metal Technologies Division’s depth of process expertise covers the iron & steel and non-ferrous metal markets, where Clyde Process's dense phase pneumatic conveying and pneumatic injection technologies have been implemented to reduce energy and emissions, whilst maximising process performance and productivity.

Process Expertise:

The Clyde Metal Technologies Division has deployed its expertise across the following processes in the metals market:

  • Iron & Steel:
    • Blast Furnaces
    • Electric Arc Furnaces
    • Direct Reduction Processes
    • Basic Oxygen Furnaces
    • Steel Refining Facilities
    • Coal Preparation
  • Non-Ferrous:
    • Flash Furnaces
    • Codelco Teniente (CT) Converters
    • Ausmelt Furnaces
    • ISASMELT Furnaces
    • Slag Furnaces
    • Anode Furnaces
    • Aluminium Smelters
    • Mitsubishi Process
    • Zinc Fumer
    • Electric Furnace
    • Platinum Smelters

Applications:

Clyde Process’s dense phase pneumatic conveying and pneumatic injection technologies were developed to provide a simple, reliable, efficient and accurate method of transporting materials to either single or multiple reception points within plant or directly to process.

Clyde Process's range of dense phase conveying solutions have the capability to transport typically difficult, abrasive materials at rates over 300 tonnes/hour, up to distances of 1.5 miles and at temperatures up to 450°C, all within a single conveying pipeline.

Clyde Process's range of pneumatic injection solutions have the capability to inject material volumetrically with accuracy of ±2% or gravimetrically to ±0.5% by weight. Containment backpressures of up to 50 barg can be accommodated by Clyde Process's pneumatic injection technology, with injection distances limited simply by the available conveying pressure.

Clyde Process's dense phase pneumatic conveying and injection technologies have been applied successfully within the metals market. Examples of typical applications include:

  • Iron & Steel:
- Coal Conveying / Injection / Storage / Preparation for Blast Furnace
- Iron Ore / Dust / Lime Conveying and Injection to Blast Furnace
- Carbon / Limestone / Ferro Alloy / Dust / Plastic Injection to Electric Arc Furnace
- Carbon / Lime / Ferro Alloy / Dust / Dolomite Injection to Steel Refining Facility
- Lime Injection to Basic Oxygen Furnace
- Dust Recycling and Conveying to Basic Oxygen Furnace
- Coal / Iron Ore / Dust / Lime Conveying and Injection to Direct Reduction Processes
  • Non-Ferrous
- Metal Concentrate Injection to Flash Furnace, CT Converter, Ausmelt, ISASMELT, Slag Furnace, Mitsubishi, Electric Furnace, Aluminium Smelter and Zinc Fumer processes
- Off Gas / Metallurgical Dust Conveying and Injection
- Carbon, Additive, Dust, Revert, Silica, Flux and Gypsum Conveying and Injection across non-ferrous processes
- Calcium Carbonate / Sodium Carbonate Injection to Anode Furnace
- Fly Ash Injection from ESP’s
- Catalyst Exchange Systems for Acid Plants
- Electronic Scrap Injection to Converters
- Lead Dross and Recycle Injection
- Pulverised Coal Injection
- Aluminium/ Alumina Conveying

Contact solutions@clydeprocess.co.uk with the subject heading ‘Ask a Clyde Expert’ to learn or find out more about our expertise in these industries.