Bridging profitability and greener outcomes
Smarter Steel Solutions
All three of our steel solutions increase profitability and decrease environmental impacts, curbing emissions and creating cascading efficiencies and savings. Our sustainable steel solutions can be used in part, or simultaneously to upgrade every aspect of Electric Arc Furnace steel production. By improving the durability and reliability of EAF components we have been able to refurbish and reuse them, creating a circular economy model of production.
SAGE Thermal Shield
Unprecedented material performance
SAVING ENERGY
We use surface enhancement technology combined with extended surface heat transfer to improve the performance of materials exposed to particularly harsh conditions.
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Up to 600%
increase in EAF-component durability
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furnace outages from panel failures
86%
less energy loss to water
100%
leak-proof process minimises accidents
Applying the SAGE Thermal Shield to EAF components protects them from temperature shock damage, oxidation and diminishes energy loss through heat dissipation.
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​SAGE Panels with our Thermal Shield have been provided and maintained for 9 EAFs in 3 countries since 2011.
Where our SAGE Thermal Shield client used to have roughly 45 unplanned outages every 120 days, our technology brought them down to zero unplanned outages. The component refurbishment is also done within a circular economy model and has increased their EAF component life cycles by up to 600%.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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By eliminating unplanned furnace outages caused by panel failures, leaks and accidents we can reduce power-off time. For example, when using SAGE Thermal Shield on water-cooled components, a 3-minute reduction on a 58-minute tap-to-tap cycle could result in more than 400 additional runs per year, greatly increasing profitability.
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SAGE Thermal Shield can be applied to SAGE Panels or customer's components, to improve heat protection, durability and reliability, therefore providing protection from accidents and costly unplanned furnace disarming.
SAVING WATER
SAGE Smart Taps safely decrease water requirements for each run and consequently less energy is lost to water.
This solution requires that SAGE Thermal Shield has already been applied to the EAF's components.​
-50%
volume of water used
Where traditional water circuits feed all panels with the water needs of the panel with the highest demands, our thermally controlled valves feed the necessary water to where it is needed, when it is needed. This leads to typical water usage being halved.
With less water circulating, there is a major reduction in heat lost to water, thereby increasing energy savings.
The same proportional savings are made with less water to collect, treat, circulate and cool off.
SAGE Smart Taps
Less heat loss to water
SAGE Self-foaming Slag
Our latest concept for decarbonisation
LOWERING EMISSIONS
SAGE Self-foaming Slag is our latest concept and has a unique composition. By foaming during the melting phase, it diminishes traditional foaming time during which most of emissions are issued.
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CO release
3 min
saved foaming time
-66%
of typical CO2 release
0
furnace content contamination
​We also obtain cascading energy savings thanks to the earlier and improved foaming (bubble size), resulting in greater heat retention throughout the process.
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A valuable side-effect of our unique composition, is that the bubbles do not entrap as much iron and iron oxide, so the slag does not capture as much steel from the furnace, thereby increasing the metallic yield of each run. When multiplied by the annual number of runs, this adds up to a notable contribution to profits.
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We have worked on the slag-dispensing system by providing a mini-silo design with per-run dispensing that saves space and allows selective pouring to maximise metallic yield.