PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ALUMINUM PLANT DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION

PENTA's engineering staff has extensive experience providing technical services to the aluminum industry. The scope of PENTA's aluminum projects has ranged from a green field used beverage can (UBC) recycling facility; to turnkey supply of an extrusion press line in the Middle East; to an automated melting furnace and ingot casting facility. PENTA's staff offers operational and maintenance experience in all areas of aluminum production from raw materials to finished products.

• Carbon Green Mill engineering, including material handling equipment, carbon process equipment, pressing equipment and dust collection.
• Carbon Baking Furnace and Carbon Rodding Shop.
• Bauxite handling and drying.
• Alumina handling and storage.
• Primary aluminum production.
• Aluminum Pot Room, including tapping crucibles, raw material handling, cell design, rectifiers, pot relining, pot room building design, and start-up services.
• Preheating and Heat Treating Equipment.
• Secondary/recycling processes.
• Scrap and Material Handling Equipment.
• Energy Conservation Equipment, including recuperators and all types and designs of burners.
• Process Furnaces, including annealing and tempering furnaces, holders (tilting and stationary), decoating furnaces, melters and rotary salt furnaces.
• Casting Equipment, including vertical direct chill, horizontal direct chill, continuous strip caster, sand casting, in-line rotary permanent mold caster, continuous sow caster.
• Automatic log handling, homogenizing, and cooling.
• Log sawing and handling systems.
• Molten Metal Treatment, including degassing systems and molten metal filtration.
• Environmental Controls, including scrubbers, waste treatment and dust collection.
• Dross Processing Equipment.
• Extrusion Equipment.
• Control/automation systems.
• Laboratory Equipment.
• Troubleshooting and process improvement of existing aluminum production facilities.
• Design-Build (Turnkey) Services.