SMS Siemag to Supply Submerged Arc Furnace to CBMM
11/17/2014 - CBMM (Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração) of Brazil placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a submerged arc furnace (SAF).
It is the aim of CBMM to increase the production capacity at the location of Araxá in Brazil. Commissioning is scheduled for the Christmas/New Year period 2016/17.
The scope of supply of SMS Siemag includes the engineering and the supply of a submerged arc furnace, a 15-MVA transformer, a gas cleaning system, a water quench facility as well as a system for the compensation of the reactive power.
The new SAF will produce refined niobium concentrate for further processing into ferroniobium (FeNb) and niobium oxides. Niobium is mainly used as micro-alloying element in steel and causes simultaneous increase in strength and toughness. Important segments using micro-alloyed steel are the automotive industry, pipelines for gas and oil transportation and structural applications.
SMS Siemag already supplied submerged arc furnaces to CBMM in the years 1993, 1998 and 2004. CBMM is a private company which was founded in Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1955. At present, CBMM is one of the leading producers of ferroniobium worldwide.
Pictured above: One of the submerged arc furnaces at CBMM, which the SMS group supplied in 1999.
The scope of supply of SMS Siemag includes the engineering and the supply of a submerged arc furnace, a 15-MVA transformer, a gas cleaning system, a water quench facility as well as a system for the compensation of the reactive power.
The new SAF will produce refined niobium concentrate for further processing into ferroniobium (FeNb) and niobium oxides. Niobium is mainly used as micro-alloying element in steel and causes simultaneous increase in strength and toughness. Important segments using micro-alloyed steel are the automotive industry, pipelines for gas and oil transportation and structural applications.
SMS Siemag already supplied submerged arc furnaces to CBMM in the years 1993, 1998 and 2004. CBMM is a private company which was founded in Araxá, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1955. At present, CBMM is one of the leading producers of ferroniobium worldwide.
Pictured above: One of the submerged arc furnaces at CBMM, which the SMS group supplied in 1999.
