Pusher furnace with unilateral reheating

Rolling mill

GF-ELTI supplies pusher furnaces with unilateral reheating for rolling lines.

These furnaces are used to reheat billets, blooms and slabs to the correct process temperature (1,100 ÷ 1,250 °C) for the subsequent rolling process. Specifically, they are continuous conveyor furnaces characterized by full hearth, with regenerative burners placed on the top of the charge which advances by means of a pusher carriage.

Due to the unilateral reheating, this type of plant requires a furnace of longer length compared to other plant-engineering solutions. During maintenance operations, the chamber must be emptied manually and when the furnace is cold.