Handling material with temperatures up to 2000° C requires specialized equipment and extreme precision
Handling material with temperatures up to 2000° C requires specialized equipment and extreme precision
2 PagesPER EINEMO, MAINTENANCE MANAGER ELKEM, BJØLVEFOSSEN Extreme Heat Handling material with temperatures up to 2000° C requires specialized equipment and extreme precision. Name Elkem Location Bjølvefossen, Norway Employees 155 Kalmar fleet 1 x Kalmar DCG160-12 2 x Kalmar 10 tons FLT 4 x Kalmar 4 tons FLT “Kalmar forklifts are a nice piece of machinery, they just run and run.”The challenge Elkem, Bjølvefossen is located right by the Hardanger fjord 110 kilometers from Bergen, Norway. Elkem specialises in producing magnesium- ferrosilicon master alloys. Bjølvefossen is among the world’s largest producers of magnesium-ferrosilicon. Magnesium- ferrosilicon is used in different steelmaking processes. The liquid metal is poured into a 3 m 3 large vat and then transported to differe
