Gautschi Engineering GmbH of Switzerland has recently successfully delivered several melting and holding furnaces toTianjin Zhongwang Aluminium in China. Performance tests showed that all parameters exceed the customer’s expectations.

Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liaoning Zhongwang Co., Ltd founded in June 2011. Zhongwang Tianjin is located in Wuqing, Tianjin district.

The round top melting furnaces are equipped with the highly efficient regenerative Gautschi VAREGA® combustion system. The performance of the Gautschi furnaces is extremely good: high output, low energy consumption and low dross result in very low production costs and a short payback time of the investments.

Gautschi Engineering GmbH, established in 1922, is one of the leading suppliers of state-of-the-art cast house equipment for the global aluminium industry. As a supplier of melting and holding furnaces, casting machines for slabs, billets and ingots and heat treatment equipment, the Gautschi team of experts understands the requirements of modern casthouses.

The Gautschi VAREGA® regenerative burner/regenerator units were specially developed by Gautschi to be fitted onto aluminium melting furnaces.

The Zhongwang project is another milestone in the history of Gautschi. Gautschi will proudly continue the long term relationship with Zhongwang and will support the plant in a further increase of efficiency while saving energy and decreasing emissions.