HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANTS

Casting Machines

HORMESA is specialist in various methods of continuous casting

of ferrous, non-ferrous metals, and any special alloy. HORMESA has
a laboratory for test casting of non common alloys, size, speed and
casting method.
HCC - Horizontal. (1)
VUCC - Vertical Upwards. (2)

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Holding Furnace
or Tundish

Water-cooled
copper jacket

Secondary
cooling

Break
ring

1 PRE-MELTING

Cast Strands
Scrap and Virgin
Metals Feedstock

Casting Die
Assemblies

Carbonaceous
cover

Heaters

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Melting Section

Casting Section

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Principal

Post-Casting Equipment

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Offices

HORMESA supplies various post-casting equipment, in order to

give a complete solution. Some of our post-casting equipment are:
Bar shaver. (7)
Cutting saw. (8)
Continuous extrusion machine. (9)
In combination of all the equipment listed above, from PreMelting to Post-Casting we can obtain from scrap or chips, some
of the products shown below. Below are shown some examples of
complete plants and it final products.

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Representatives

3 CASTING

4 POST-CASTING

Pre-Melting Furnaces

CONTINUOUS
CASTING
SOLUTIONS

Graphite Filter
and Bed System
Liquid
Copper

Graphite
mold

2 MELTING/HOLDING

HORMESA offers a variety of options for pre-melting furnaces,

suitable with the needs of any foundry.
Melting furnaces for Copper and Copper Alloys, Aluminum,
Ferrous, Precious Metals and any Special alloys.
Crucible gas/oil furnaces HORCBG. (1)
Induction channel furnaces ROB. (2)
Medium frequency induction furnaces EGP. (3)

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Withdrawal
unit

Casting

VDCC - Vertical Downwards. (3)

HORMESA uses traction system with AC Servo motors in all our
continuous casting plants.
AC Servo motors allows to control, speed, acceleration,
deceleration and stop time, getting a smoother surface.
Continuous casting methods: HCC (4), VUCC (5), VDCC (6)

HORMESA also offers VIBRATING CHARGING MACHINES (4) for

chips and scrap charging into melting units.
Also SPECIAL ISOLATED LAUNDERS (5) and HYDRAULIC
TILTING LADLES (6) for molten metal transportation from PreMelting furnace to Holding furnace.

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Edge Technology With Best Quality Equipment

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VERTICAL UPWARDS CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANT FOR PRODUCTION OF COPPER STRIPS AND PROFILES
1 MF - MELTING

Transformer Strip

2 ROB/RF - CASTING

Copper Bus Bars

3 VUCC

Copper Strips

Copper Profiles

HORIZONTAL CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANT FOR PRODUCTION OF COPPER & COPPER ALLOY BARS - BRONZES, BRASSES
1 MF - MELTING

Shaved Bars

2 ROB/RF - CASTING

Bars before after shaving

3 HCC

4 C. EXTRUSION

CONTINUOUS CASTING SOLUTIONS

SERVICE 24/7

4 SHAVER - SAW

HORMESA can produce plants combining different methods of

casting (HCC VUCC VDCC) in the same casting furnace I the
customer wants to produce both copper bars and copper wire
rods, or brass wire rods with brass strips, etc.
Our specialists in engineering and metallurgy give us a great
versatility in the design of any project

Las Marineras, 13-17 E-28.864 Ajalvir, Madrid, Espaa

Ph: +34 918 874 039
Fax: +34 918 844 382
Email: hormesa@hormesa.com
www.hormesa.com www.conticast.com

Anything that is thinkable...

Melting/Holding Furnaces

Holding and casting furnaces for Copper and Copper Alloys,

Aluminum, Ferrous, Precious Metals and any Special alloys.
Crucible gas/oil furnaces HORCBG . (1)
Electric furnaces with graphite resistance technology
HORMESA RF. (7)
Induction channel furnaces ROB-HCC. (8)

Medium frequency induction furnaces EGP-HCC. (9)

HORMESA also offers Melting and Casting in one furnace.
All our models are custom made, and can be made with special
modifications for the customer needs.

we can make it
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HORIZONTAL CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANTS

VERTICAL CONTINUOUS CASTING PLANTS

Scrap input

Cut
billet

Swarf treatment system

Cold
water IN

Cooling
System

Introduction Channel Furnace

HOLDING & CASTING

Spectrometer

Vibrating charger

Cutting Saw

Dryer

Ladle

Molten
Metal

Conticast Software

AC Servo strand haul system

VUCC TRACTION SYSTEM

Cold
water IN

Cold water OUT

Dies Cooling
System

Cold
water IN

Cooling
System

Launder

Cold
water IN

* Continuous extrusion apply only for copper and aluminum

Cold
water OUT

Cooling
System

Cold
water OUT
Ladle

We use induction heated tundish with

special coil design.
Special design steel wire casting mould
Reverberatory furnace HOR SH
HOLDING

Molten
Metal

Degassing and Filter

system

FINAL PRODUCT: Copper & Copper alloys Bars or strips (HCC Process)

Produce billets
from 3 to 10

With this plants we can get a production from 2000Ton/year

up to 100000Ton/year

Process varies from bar casting

in the POST-CASTING. After
continuous casting its used;
STRIP SURFACE MILLING
MACHINE, HYDRAULIC SHEAR,
AND COILERS.

1 HCC - CASTING

2 MILLING MACHINE

3 SHEAR

4 COILERS

Semi continuous casting

machine HOR CSC

Grain
refiner
feeder

Conticast Software

From
1 to 12
Strands
Zinc Rod

MF inducion furnace. MELTING

Cold
water IN

HORMESA can supply plants for brass strips for keys factories, up to 5000Ton/year

Casting of different alloys: Copper, Brasses, Bronzes, Zinc,

Cadmium.

Copper Strips

Cooling
System

Ladle

In HORMESA we give the entire solution from the metal to the final product. Bellow we will show different type of plants for different products.

FINAL PRODUCT: Copper & Copper alloys wire rod (VUCC Process)

AC Servo strand haul system

HCC TRACTION SYSTEM

Holding & Casting Furnace

(GRAPHITE OR INDUCTION)

Cold
water OUT

Casted billet

Molten
Metal

Launder

Casted
wire rod

Continuous extrusion machines. Continuous extrusion can

be used in order to get copper strip or copper bus bar.

Molten
Metal

Molten
Metal

MF inducion furnace. MELTING

Cutting Saw

Aluminium chips

Vibrating charger

Casted billet

Molten
Metal

Continuous extrusion

Homogenizing furnace
HOR HH

Bar shaver & Straightener

Molten
Metal

Cold
water OUT

Finished strip or bus

bar ourtput

Cut
billet

Finished
billet
output

Launder

Vibrating charger

HORMESA is expert in horizontal continuous casting of steel. We can cast from

wire with very small cross section up to 100 120mm steel billets.

Scrap preparation basic package

Molten
Metal

MF inducion furnace. MELTING

FINAL PRODUCT: Steel wire or billets (HCC Process)

Scrap input

Finished billet output

Molten
Metal

Scrap input

FINAL PRODUCT: Aluminum billets (Semi-continuous casting Process)

Mould holder

Degassed
filtered
molten
metal

Degas test

In HORMESAs laboratory we are continuously doing tests to improve casting process and trying the casting of different alloys.
The customer can ask the test of the casting of an specific alloy before purchasing to be sure about each project accomplishment .

PROJECT TURN KEY

MANAGEMENT

Variable speed hydraulic lifting and lowering system

Hydraulic drive table
Control desk including all the parameters
Stainless steel water resistant material
State of the art Aluminium dies

Special design steel billet casting mould

Available on request from HORMESA

Project definition consultancy.
Specification of equipment and scope of supply.
Coordination of equipment purchase, delivery, installation, start up and
commissioning.
Coordination of technical service support.