A new ladle refining furnace for manufacture of light charge, has been developed in Tsukiji Plant, Steel Casting Product Div. Daido Steel Co., Ltd. This furnace, named VILF (Vacuum Induction Ladle Furnace) consists of inducton heating coil, special ladle and vacuum system.
The characteristics of this ladle furnace are as follows.
(1) Steel shell of this ladle has special structure. It is not heated by induction heating and does not affect magnetic flux.
(2) VILF can treat molten steel under vacuum condition with induction heating.
(3) It is able to heat and degass simultaneously. This is suitable for a few ton steel.
(4) Because of refining under vacuum condition, low oxygen content (20±5ppm) is gained in a short time.
(5) Free from C pick up, this is utilized as holding furnace for low C stainless steel.
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