RS ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING CAPABILITY

Advanced Submerged Arc Furnace (SAF) thermal modeling, 3D structural CAD engineering, heavy machinery fabrication, raw material batching systems, environmental de-dusting, and plant automation.

30+
SAF Plants Engineered
2.6 - 51 MVA
Furnace Capacity Range
100%
IS / ASTM / DIN Compliant
15,000+
CAD & Shop Drawings

MULTIDISCIPLINARY TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Integrated engineering disciplines working seamlessly to deliver high-availability, fuel-efficient Ferro Alloy production complexes.

SAF Core Engineering
PILLAR 01 • METALLURGICAL & THERMAL

Submerged Arc Furnace (SAF) Core Design

Calculations for hearth power density, electrode pitch circle diameter (PCD), transformer secondary voltage tap steps, bus tube reactance minimization, and refractory thermal gradient profiling.

HC FeCr • HC SiMn • FeSi • Pig Iron
Structural Steel Engineering
PILLAR 02 • CIVIL & STRUCTURAL

Heavy Structural Steelwork & Foundations

Multi-tier furnace building framework, heavy crane gantry girders, transformer yard structures, dynamic vibration damping & RCC foundation engineering for heavy vibrating loads.

IS 800 • IS 456 • STAAD.Pro FEA
Mechanical Equipment Engineering
PILLAR 03 • MECHANICAL FABRICATION

Precision Machinery & Heavy Equipment

Split & full electrode columns, forged copper-clad contact shoes, pressure rings, hydraulic slipping devices, 25mm furnace shell plate rolling calculations & CNC plasma cut nesting.

ASTM A516 Gr 70 • CNC Plasma Cut
Raw Material Handling System
PILLAR 04 • MATERIAL HANDLING

Automated Conveying & Batching Systems

Automated belt conveyor networks, tripper cars, load-cell weigh hoppers, day bins, skip hoists, controlled charge feeding pipes & furnace charging chutes.

Auto-Batching • Load-Cell Precision
Environmental De-Dusting
PILLAR 05 • ENVIRONMENTAL & GAS CLEANING

Fume Extraction & Baghouse De-Dusting

High-efficiency off-gas hoods, pulse-jet baghouse filters, spark arrestors, cyclone dust separators, forced draft gas cooling ducting & industrial chimney stack engineering.

Clean Air Emission < 30 mg/Nm³
Cooling Water & Automation
PILLAR 06 • UTILITIES & AUTOMATION

Demineralized Cooling & SCADA / PLC

Closed-loop DM water cooling for electrode contact shoes & transformer bus tubes, emergency gravity cooling tanks, HT/LT power distribution & SCADA auto-electrode regulation.

PLC Auto-Regulating • SCADA Control

OUR 4-STAGE TECHNICAL WORKFLOW

STAGE 01

Thermal & Process Sizing

Mass and energy balance, specific power consumption targets, transformer MVA sizing, and secondary voltage tap calculations.

STAGE 02

3D CAD & Clash Simulation

Complete 3D spatial plant modeling, piping layout clash detection, maintenance clearance verification, and structural FEA analysis.

STAGE 03

Fabrication & Shop Details

Issued For Construction (IFC) shop drawings, cut-nesting sheets for CNC cutting, bill of quantities (BOQ), and welding procedure specs (WPS).

STAGE 04

Field Supervision & PG Run

Site alignment supervision, ITP inspection sign-offs, cold trial loop testing, electrode baking, and hot performance guarantee (PG) testing.