World’s largest aluminum smelter

Hertwich commissions homogenizing and sawing lines at EMAL.

Hertwich Engineering, Austria, has commissioned two integrated homogenizing and sawing lines at Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, where the world’s largest aluminum smelter is currently being built.

Installed in total were two ultrasonic testing stations, two continuous homogenizing plants, two cooling stations and four billet saws with downline packaging stations. The scope of supply also included the complete automation and process integration.

The capacity of the plant is 2 x 165,000 tpy.

Based on Hertwich Engineering GmbH (SMS group) information