Our main area of expertise lies in the development, optimization, and evaluation of hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical processes. We particularly focus on methods suitable for processing and neutralizing metal-containing solid and liquid waste materials. Additionally, we offer techniques based on electrolysis and other reduction/oxidation processes for metal extraction and purification.
COMPETENCIES:
- Handling and utilization of industrial and other metal-containing waste materials
- Investigation and development of hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods for extracting valuable metal content from the above materials
- Treatment, purification, and enrichment of metal solutions, as well as collective or selective extraction/removal of metal content
- Production of high-purity metals
- Melting of metals and metal-containing materials, metal extraction in molten state
- Purification of metal melts
SERVICES:
- Analysis of the composition of materials mentioned above
- Investigation and development of methods for metal extraction from the mentioned raw materials
- Development of chemical metallurgical methods/procedures necessary for the comprehensive utilization or neutralization of metal-containing waste materials
- Examination and development of metal purification procedures
- Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis and characterization of metallurgical processes
HYDRO-ELECTROMETALLURGICAL RESEARCH EQUIPMENT:
- Laboratory glassware, bi-distillation and ion-exchange water purification equipment, acids, alkalis, salts, and other reagents, fume hoods, cleaning, and drying equipment
- Rotary vacuum distillation apparatus, heated magnetic stirrers, shakers, vacuum filters, chromatographic ion exchange equipment
- Electrolytic tanks, membrane separation and solution circulation electrolysis cells, laboratory power supplies, analog/digital signal converters, virtual systems, memory oscilloscopes, multimeters, potentiodynamic measuring systems
- Atomic absorption (AAS) spectrometer, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, classical analytical equipment, micro-pipettes, and automatic burettes, electronic pH meters, ion-selective electrodes, conductivity meters, dissolved oxygen concentration meters, indicators
PYROMETALLURGICAL RESEARCH EQUIPMENT:
- Vacuum induction, induction, resistance-heated high-temperature laboratory furnaces, crucible and tube furnaces, digital thermometers
- Gas-fired rotary drum furnace
- Rotor molten metal treatment gas flushing equipment
- Semi-continuous laboratory casting equipment
- Laboratory jaw crusher, ball mills, and attrition mills, granulometric classification sieves and shakers
- GD-OES plasma optical emission spectrometer
REFERENCES:
- Arconic Mill Products Hungary Ltd. (formerly Arconic-Köfém Ltd. and Alcoa-Köfém Ltd.)
- INOTAL Aluminium and Slag Processing Plc.
- Prometec Non-Ferrous Metalurgy Ltd.
- VISHAY Hungary Ltd.
- MAL Plc.
- ISD Dunaferr Plc.
- Ózdi Steelworks Ltd.
- Jabil Circuit Hungary Ltd.
- Bosch Group
- Kienle – Spiess Hungary Ltd.
- Nemak Győr Aluminum Foundry Ltd.
- NAGÉV Ltd.
