Abstract:
The high cost of the metal produced by electroslag remelting is caused by the significant costs of the manufacture of consumable electrodes. From an economic efficiency standpoint, it is reasonable to further develop the methods of forming consumable electrodes by pouring into a special-purpose mold. One of the ways to decrease the cost of electroslag metal is the formation of consumable electrodes from prereduced pellets. In this work, the problems related to the use of prereduced pellets for electroslag remelting are considered. © 2010 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.