Holding / Casting Furnaces

Mechatherm has vast experience in supplying Aluminium Holding/Casting furnaces to the Aluminium industry with many references worldwide. Mechatherm can offer full ‘turn key’ supply contracts as well as ‘part’ supply to suit our client's requirements. Mechatherm holding/casting furnaces are custom designed and constructed for arduous foundry conditions.

Some of our typical design features are as follows:

Heavy duty casing construction to withstand thermal and mechanical stresses.
Hydraulic or Electro Mechanical door lifting with synchronisation.
Static furnace or tilting furnace designs.
Positive pneumatic door clamping and sealing systems.
Long lasting refractory block, cast steel or water cooled door surrounds.
Furnace chamber exhaust ducting systems and stacks to atmosphere
Door fume extraction hoods
Automatic pressure control regulation using an actuated ‘mechanical damper’
Gas fired, Oil fired or electrical heat input systems
Electronic Fuel/Air ratio control or Thyristor control on heating elements
Manual or automatic metal pouring operation to suit specific casting requirements
Durable refractory linings in monolithic, brick or pre-cast blocks.
Molten metal receiving wells with hot metal crucible tilting mechanisms for furnace filling.
Specialised PC/PLC based control systems with human/machine interface giving ‘Set point’ control
SCADA control systems.