New Electric Arc Furnace Installation - Update No.8
Here is our Week 8 progress update about our Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) installation, with details from Brian Wright, Project Manager, Materials Processing Institute, and Gerald Fleissner, INTECO Site Manager
EAF Update – Video Link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjgWVV164Uk&list=PL7TdhGI2b43Ir-QJnlpDJvsDFVZFjLcAY&index=10
Testing
• Hydraulic system
• Water system manifold at the back of the furnaces is in and the floor sensors have been wired in
• New power leads installed at the back of the furnace
Trials
• Successful trials of the furnace charging system, with support from Binding Solutions, a tenant business on our site and produce commercial volumes of high value iron ore pellets, and advised on fuel pellet procedures and tolerances for the feeder system
Commissioning
• Checking the furnace tilting mechanism, getting the air out of the tilting cylinder and getting the cylinder fully pressurised.
Refractory lining
• This refractory lining will commence
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Project Summary
We are investing £2.9m to replace our EAF. This seven-tonne furnace is the only research facility of its kind in the UK and plays a pivotal role in developing the technologies and processes that will enable the next generation of green steel production.
The new and upgraded EAF will provide a cutting-edge facility for developing, testing, and refining advanced green steel technologies under realistic industrial conditions. By bridging the gap between laboratory research and full-scale production, it will support the transition to scalable, sustainable, low-carbon steelmaking backed by existing secondary refining and casting capability to make almost any steel.
More details here - https://www.mpiuk.com/news-details.php?news_id=601
This project is supported with funding from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), through the Foundation Industry Sustainability Consortium’s (FISC) EconoMISER programme. The programme provides access to advanced facilities and specialist expertise to help manufacturers integrate sustainable technologies into their processes.
2 March 2026
