Smelting and refining

Key Benefits

• Exceptional availability and unbeatable reliability
• Design tailored to meet specific process and site needs
• Maintain high performance levels with aftermarket support

Refining and smelting equipment

Are you looking for reliable smelting solutions for a wide range of metals refining applications?

What We Offer

Premium smelting technology from one of the most experienced names in the business

As a leading supplier of smelting equipment since the 1950s, FLSmidth was foundational in the growth of the copper and platinum industries, particularly in southern Africa. Today, FLSmidth’s range of Pierce-Smith converters, furnaces, casting ladles and transfer cars continues to support the smelting industry with exceptional performance, availability, and reliability.

Pierce-Smith converters and furnaces

The converters and furnaces are customised to suit your specific site conditions and preferences. FLSmidth uses field experience and the latest finite element analysis software to optimise the design of key parts, such as mouth and tuyere components. As a result, the parts achieve better performance and reduce downtime for maintenance and change-outs. A variety of drive arrangements and automatic emergency turnout mechanisms can also be accommodated.

Ladles and transfer cars

FLSmidth is a major supplier of both cast and fabricated ladles, as well as the full range of transfer cars, all designed inhouse to ensure fitness for purpose, reliability and ease of operation.

Ladles and ladle lifting equipment are available in a wide range of sizes: fabricated ladles have been supplied up to 170 ton carrying capacity, and 34 cubic meter cast ladles are among the largest in the world. Transfer cars are available for ladle, scrap, hot metal and tundish, as well as for converter exchange. A choice of self-driven and non-driven options allow car control by remote cable reel, festoon connection or radio control, depending on your site conditions.

Ladle tilters

Custom-designed ladle tilters are also available for a wide range of applications, including the granulation of metals, the potting process for aluminium smelting, and specialised metal pouring operations where control of pouring or teeming rates is essential. The hydraulic tilting mechanisms achieve a high degree of tilting control – either manually or via PLC from the control room. Ladle tilters are available as fixed or mobile units.