What is the difference between electric arc furnace and intermediate frequency furnace

What are the advantages and disadvantages of electric arc furnaces compared to intermediate frequency furnaces

1. Electric arc furnace: The volume is generally more than 3 tons, and the electric arc furnace is used only by enterprises with a certain scale. The steel produced by it is relatively pure.

Intermediate frequency furnace: Compared with electric arc furnace, the cost of steelmaking is lower, and it is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The steel produced has many impurities and high carbon content, so the steel produced is not pure.

2. The electric arc furnace uses power frequency electricity;

The intermediate frequency electric furnace uses intermediate frequency electricity.

3. The electric arc furnace has low thermal efficiency, low productivity, heavy handling and high energy consumption.

The intermediate frequency furnace has high efficiency and high thermal efficiency, thereby achieving high production efficiency, flexible operation and low energy consumption.

4. The heating method of the two is different, the temperature generated is different, and the efficiency is different.

5. The electric arc furnace uses power frequency electricity.

The picture above is an electric arc furnace, and the picture below is an intermediate frequency furnace.