In the heavy industry landscape, the Submerged Arc Furnace (SAF) is a giant. Smelting silicon metal, ferrosilicon, and ferrochrome at over 2,000°C requires immense power. But behind this raw force lies a silent thief: electrical inefficiency. For decades, plant managers have battled high energy bills and unstable production. The solution? Low Voltage (LV) Reactive Power Compensation. While the concept is technical, the impact is simple: more metal, less waste. As a leader in metallurgical engineering, CHNZBTECH has spent years perfecting these systems to turn sluggish furnaces into high-efficiency powerhouses. Here is how they do it.
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From April 7 to 9, CHNZBTECH participated in the International exhibition «UzMetalMashExpo-2026», held at Uzexpocentre in Tashkent. The exhibition focuses on metallurgy, metal processing, machinery, and welding, bringing together industry professionals and equipment suppliers from Central Asia and beyond.
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From March 23 to 25, CHNZBTECH participated in the Steel Industry Congress and Exhibition, ExpoAcero 2026, held in Veracruz, Mexico.
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CHNZBTECH-XI'AN HONGXIN Leads Oman's Largest Industrial Silicon Project — Second Batch of Equipment Ready for Shipment
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Ferrosilica furnace is a kind of industrial electric furnace which consumes a lot of power. Ferrosilicone furnace shell, furnace cover, furnace lining, short net, water cooling system, smoke exhaust system, dust removal system, electrode shell, electrode pressure and lifting system, loading and unl
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The electrode lifting hydraulic proportional valve speed automatic regulator adopts a control system composed of a Siemens programmable controller, which is simple and reliable to operate.Electrode lifting mechanism adopts oil cylinder transmission, which is flexible, safe and reliable.The tilting of the furnace body adopts the form of hydraulic transmission, and the integrated block hydraulic valve. The hydraulic station is equipped with two plunger pumps, one for use and one for backup, and is equipped with an energy storage tank, which has the function of maintaining pressure. Six large cross-section water-cooled cables, conductive cross arms, flexible compensators, copper bars, and energy-saving short nets arranged in a triangular space. The impedance value of the short network is ≤0.5+ j 2.3mΩ, and the unbalance of the three-phase impedance is ≤5%.
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Industrial silicon furnace is a kind of submerged arc furnace, as the name suggests, it is mainly used to smelt industrial silicon solution. In the entire industrial silicon furnace, the life of the furnace eye part is the weakest, and it is extremely vulnerable to high temperature slag erosion and
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