Rautomead Continuous Casting Technology Introduction

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Rautomead LimitedPO Box 100Dundee DD1 9QY Scotland Registered Office: Nobel Road

Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate

t. (44) 1382 622341 Dundee DD2 4UH, Scotland

f. (44) 1382 622941 Incorporated in Scotland No. 152367

Continuous Casting Technology

www.rautomead.com VAT Reg. No. GB 658 2549 03 Advanced Metals Technology 

Introduction to

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Rautomead Limited

Rautomead LimitedDundee Scotland

Founded 1978

Sir Michael NairnChairman

Brian Frame MDappointed 2008

Employees = 50

No Machines Sold = 346First 1978

Of these :-

No Vertical Upwards = 76First 1995 (Patent expired 1990)

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Nobel Road Head Office (inc. R&D unit)

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Nobel Road Head Office (inc. R&D unit)

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Nobel Road Unit 7 Factory

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Nobel Road Unit 7 Factory

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Rautomead Furnace Technology for

Vertical Upwards Continuous Casting

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Rautomead Furnace Technology

Rautomead Technology for Continuous Casting is unique because it uses GRAPHITE for :-

•Casting (Dies and Packers)

•Heating (Low Voltage resistance

heating elements).

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Rautomead Furnace Technology

Rautomead Technology for Continuous Casting is unique because it uses GRAPHITE for :-

•Containment (Crucible & Valve)

•Casting (Dies and Packers)

•Heating (Low Voltage resistance heating elements).

Rautomead Limited

Rautomead Furnace Technology

Rautomead Technology for Continuous Casting is unique because it uses GRAPHITE for :-

•Containment (Crucible & Valve)

•Casting (Dies and Packers)

•Heating (Low Voltage resistance heating elements).

Rautomead Limited

Rautomead Furnace Technology

Rautomead Technology for Continuous Casting is unique because it uses GRAPHITE for :-

•Containment (Crucible & Valve)

•Casting (Dies and Packers)

•Heating (Low Voltage resistance heating elements).

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GRAPHITE TECHNOLOGY

• High Purity Material• No Contamination of the Melt• Naturally Reducing, removing oxygen from

liquid metal• High Thermal Conductivity• Good Machinability• Increasing Strength with Increasing Temperature

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RS3000 – 8mm Cu-OF Redraw Rod

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RS3000/Mg – 30mm CuMg for HS Railway Contact Wire

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RS2500 – 8mm 65:356 Redraw Rod for EDM Wire

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RS1000 – Brass for Cold Heading

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Rautomead Technology for

Horizontal Continuous Casting

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FEATURES OF RAUTOMEAD TECHNOLOGY

• Furnace• Graphite Crucible• Graphite Heating System• Submerged Graphite Die• High Efficiency Copper

Coolers

Mild Steel Fabrication withStainless Steel Water Tracing

RCF Free Insulation

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FEATURES OF RAUTOMEAD TECHNOLOGY

• Furnace• Graphite Crucible• Graphite Heating System• Submerged Graphite Die• High Efficiency Copper

Coolers

Manufactured from single block of

extruded grade graphite.

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FEATURES OF RAUTOMEAD TECHNOLOGY

• Furnace• Graphite Crucible• Graphite Heating System• Submerged Graphite Die• High Efficiency Copper Coolers

Assembly of Plates held togetherwith graphite nuts and screws

Low Voltage High Current

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FEATURES OF RAUTOMEAD TECHNOLOGY

• Furnace• Graphite Crucible• Graphite Heating System• Submerged Graphite Die• High Efficiency Copper

Coolers

Manufactured from Isotatically pressed high density graphite

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FEATURES OF RAUTOMEAD TECHNOLOGY

• Furnace• Graphite Crucible• Graphite Heating System• Submerged Graphite Die• High Efficiency Copper Coolers

CuCrZr Alloy High Thermal conductivity combined withgood dimensional stability

Graphite Components Protected by Nitrogen Gas <5ppm Oxygen -70c dewpoint (moisture)

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GRAPHITE TECHNOLOGY

• High Purity Material• No Contamination of the Melt• Naturally Reducing, removing oxygen from

liquid metal• High Thermal Conductivity• Good Machinability• Increasing Strength with Increasing Temperature

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RT850 – Hollow Bronze Billet for Pump Bearings

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RX1100 – 70mm Zinc Billet for Extrusion (Wheel Weights)

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RMJ/H025

RMT200

RMJ/V005

RVSIII Tilt

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5000 – 10000 Tonnes/Year

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Serial Year Customer Model       346 2012 Tecnofil RS 3000/6-22    Peru         345 2012 Anon

BrazilRS 2200/5

       344 2012 Industrial Company Vtoraluminproduct

LLC, RussiaRT 650

       343 2012 Lucas-Milhaupt Inc. RMT 200    U.S.A.         342 2012 Mitsubishi Materials Corp. Metals Co. RS 080    Japan         341 2012 Solar Chemical Applied Materials

Technology (Kunshan) Co. Ltd, TaiwanRVS III/V

       340 2012 Cetusan Abadi Sdn Bhd RVS III    Malaysia         339 2012 Sodick EMD Wire Supply Division RS 2500/8    Japan         338 2012 Shandong Zhaojin Precious Metals Co.

Ltd, ChinaRMJ/H 025

2013 ref list – Download full list at :- Full Reference List

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Thank You

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Rautomead LimitedPO Box 100, Dundee DD1 9QYScotland U.K.