CASTHOUSE LAYOUT AND
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (TMT*)

Paul Wurth has extensive experience in the design of modern, highly functional casthouses – whether for new furnaces or for existing plant modernization. Major features of Paul Wurth Casthouse design: Ramp access from grade and to the tuyere access platform Flat casthouse floor for optimum maintenance, hygiene and safety Fume and dust collection technologies for strict environmental compliance Trough and runner design for secure operation and cost effectiveness Trough and runner covers for safety, access, hygiene, etc. Main trough – convection air cooled; exchangeable – as an option Tilting runners for flexibility, simplified operation and reduced runner length Casthouse Equipment: Paul Wurth recommends and uses world-class equipment from its affiliated company TMT Tapping Measuring Technology, a joint company of Dango-Dienenthal & Paul Wurth. Paul Wurth works with its colleagues at TMT and with the client to achieve the optimum casthouse layout for the application. TMT’s casthouse equipment range includes: Hydraulic claygun Taphole drill (hydraulic or pneumatic operation; soaking bar capability) Claygun filling machine Taphole drill automatic bar loader Jack clam drill Sampling devices Runner cover manipulators Tilting Runners & drives Torpedo ladle level measurement systems Clayguns and taphole drills can be mounted on opposite sides of the taphole/main trough but significant benefits can be realised with ‘same-side’ installation (i.e. improved taphole and trough maintenance access; improved tapping area fume/dust control; etc.) Please use the link to access the TMT web-site.