Glass Melter and Bushing

At present, the plant uses unique technologies of making glass-melting apparatus (GMA) and bushings:

• technological pyroprocessing of rich scrap out of used GMAs and bushings, including oxidation induction melting, followed by electron-beam melting (EBM) and hydrometallurgical processing of noble metal-containing sublimates;

• manufacturing products out of dispersion hardened materials, and their use in complex compositions considerably reduces (20-30%) metal consumption in products and also reduces content of expensive rhodium in the alloy;

• stamped spinneret plate enhance the product quality, with spinnerets tightly packed on the spinneret area;

• making products with plasma-ceramic protective coating reduces operation losses in precious metals by 40-50%;

• use technological pyroprocessing for scraps with high content of precious metal.

Key priorities in GMA and bushings production:

• platinum metals cost reduction during glass-melting apparatus production;

• reduction of losses in platinoids in the process of the products exploitation;

• increase of the products efficiency;

• increase of the products lifetime;

• unification of alloy grades for products, units and parts;

• use of dispersion hardened materials;

• application of plasma-ceramic protective coatings.