About Us   Products   Services   Spare Parts   News / Company Brochures
References   Purchasing   Career   Contacts   Disclaimer   How to find us 
Recirculation Degasser
Tank Degasser
VOD Tank Degasser
Process highlights
Process applications
Design highlights
Ladle Furnace
Chemical Heating Station
Ladle Treatment Station
Hot Metal Pretreatment
Automation
Modernisation
Special Components
Products
VOD
Vacuum Oxygen Decarburisation Units
The Vacuum Oxygen Decarburisation process (VOD) has proven its economic operation and its suitability for the production of high-quality stainless steel grades with highest cleanliness in more than 75 plants with heat sizes of up to 200 tons.

Due to the lower partial pressure of CO under vacuum, decarburisation of high-alloy melts to minimum carbon contents is possible, while simultaneously, high chromium yields are achieved without excessive refining.

The VOD plant usually operates either in combination with an electric arc furnace (DUPLEX process) or in combination with an electric arc furnace and a MRP/AOD converter (TRIPLEX process).