EIGHT STAGES,
IN THE ORDER METAL ACTUALLY MOVES.
This is a genuine sequence — each stage depends on the one before it. Skip a step and the billet doesn’t leave the line.
Melting & holding
Tilting furnaces carry the charge from melt through to holding — a design choice that lowers energy footprint and melt loss versus fixed-furnace lines.
Grain refining & filtration
In-line grain refiner and a 45 ppi (or finer) ceramic foam filter condition the melt before it reaches the mould — this is what sets the superior grain structure over conventional hot-top billet.
Degassing
Dissolved hydrogen is stripped in-line before casting — the direct driver of the oxide reduction and metal-yield improvement the finished billet carries forward.
DC casting
Electromagnetic stirring (EMS) casts to the industry benchmark on melt loss with the lowest energy footprint on the line — less energy and fewer losses, at both ends of the cost equation.
Automated handling
Automated stacking cuts manual handling and holds international log straightness across the full 4"–14" diameter range.
Homogenising & step cooling
Homogenising with a controlled step-cool is what makes the billet extrude cleanly downstream — this is the step conventional suppliers most often shortcut.
Sawing
Billets are sawn to length with integrated chip suction and bracketing — cleaner cut ends, less handling of loose swarf on the floor.
Analysis & packing
Chemistry is verified to the third decimal place on major elements, fourth on minor — with SEM microstructure evaluation confirming homogenising actually worked — before the batch is packed.