Oil Immersion Heated Ceramic Kettles for

Galvanized and Galfan Coated Steel Wire

Sizes: From 3.0Mts long x 0.8Mts Wide x 0.8 Mts deep

Up to 8.0Mts long x 1.2 Mts Wide x 1.2 Mts deep.

(Designed to suit customer’s specifications in respect of number of wires, wire tonnage and DV).

Features

¨ Ridged steel body to ensure support for the one part ceramic lining.

¨ Energy consumption reduced by use of insulation.

¨ Optional counterbalanced, insulated cover to reduce heat loss available

¨ Designed to take vertical and inclined headwork to carry wiping and quench equipment.

¨ Can have an inclined internal base to reduce the mass if zinc used to fill the kettle

¨ Fitted with a long lasting ceramic sinker roller with adjustment

¨ Require only a flat concrete base, connection to a 380V 3 phase electric supply, an oil supply and 4 to 7 days high temperature “cooking” prior to commencing melting of zinc.

¨ Working life 10 to 20 years

¨ The iron free ceramic lining makes it practical to run a low-dross or zero-dross galvanizing system when the kettles are used with the WICA Galvanizing patented pre-flux system or pre-flux iron reduction system. (WICA galvanizing operates its own Galfan coating line on a zero dross basis using such equipment)

¨ The combination of ceramic kettle and patented WICA Galvanizing pre-flux system makes it possible to run a single kettle Galfan system. (WICA galvanizing operates its own single kettle Galfan coating line using such equipment)

Ceramic oil heaters

These are tubular in design and are suspended either along one side (up to 16 wires), along both sides (32 to 50 wires) or along the middle (up to 32 wires). The heating control ensures close adherence to the desired temperature. It is generally practical to maintain the kettle at ±3 °C of the desired temperature. These heaters are manufactured using a highly corrosion resistant pressure molded, sheath. When operated to our guidelines these elements have a life in excess of 2 years.

The oil heater system is PLC controlled to ensure accurate temperature control under all circumstances. The heaters operate at full power when energy demand is high. Under low demand conditions the firing is reduced to a smaller flame. The heater firing system is fully automatic

Oil consumption : from 20 Lts/tonne to 40 Lts/tonne.

Oil types: diesel and light furnace oil