Which industries use electric ladle transfer vehicles?
1. Iron and Steel Metallurgy Industry (Most Important)
Steel plants, converter/electric furnace workshops
Continuous casting workshops, refining furnace support
Steel ladle/iron ladle transfer, slag handling
Purpose: Transferring high-temperature molten steel and iron, connecting the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process.
2. Foundry & Forging Industry
Large cast steel and cast iron parts factories
Automotive parts casting, engineering machinery casting, machine tool casting
Precision casting, lost foam casting
Purpose: Transferring molten steel from the smelting furnace to the pouring station.
3. Non-ferrous Metal Smelting
Aluminum, copper, zinc, lead, and other non-ferrous metal smelters
Alloy smelting workshops
Purpose: Transferring molten aluminum, copper, and other molten non-ferrous metals; suitable for aluminum and copper ladle transfer.
4. Equipment Manufacturing & Heavy Industry: Construction machinery (excavators, cranes, mining machinery) casting production; Wind power equipment, nuclear power equipment, pressure vessel castings; Shipbuilding and heavy industry, large machine tool base casting. These companies typically have their own smelting workshops and require ladle transfer vehicles.
5. Refractory Materials & Metallurgical Auxiliary Industries: Refractory material plants (high-temperature kilns, sample smelting); Metallurgical slag treatment, solid waste resource recycling. Used for transferring high-temperature materials and molten slag.
6. Other High-Temperature Smelting Related Industries: Alloy material plants, special steel production enterprises; Rail transit, mold steel, wear-resistant steel production bases; High-temperature material transfer for some glass and ceramic kilns (customized). In short: Any industry with smelting furnaces that needs to transfer molten steel/iron/aluminum and other high-temperature molten metals will use electric ladle transfer vehicles.