Revised Customer process bath smelting furnace in the Non ferrous metals sector

Bath smelting furnace

Smelting and converting of copper with top submerged lance

PROCESS DESCRIPTION

An alternative to flash smelting is bath smelting where the raw materials are introduced into a molten bath together with flux and reducing agents via the furnace roof. The resulting liquid “copper matte“ with a copper content of 55 - 60 % mainly from Cu2S is drawn from the bath and further processed. Bath smelting furnaces are predominantly used for primary copper processing. 

Revised Application technology bath smelting furnace in the Non ferrous metals sector

Bath smelting furnace

Oxygen lances and tailormade support burners