Induction furnace
The everyday melting charge in India’s induction shops, blended to what the heat needs.
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MS scrap
Steel recovered for remelting, sorted and sized into the grades the trade buys by. What separates them is how heavy and how clean the material is: whether it is coated, how thick the section, and how much of anything other than steel comes with it.
- Grade / purity
- HMS 1, HMS 2, HMS 1 & 2, shredded and bundles
- Form
- Loose, shredded or baled
Applications
Electric arc furnace
The bulk of the charge, with shredded chosen where a low residual matters.
Foundries and re-rolling
Remelted into castings, and into billet for bar, rod and section mills.
Specification
| Grade | What it is |
|---|---|
| HMS 1 | Heavy melting steel, uncoated and free of alloyed material. |
| HMS 2 | Heavy melting steel that admits galvanised and lighter sections. |
| HMS 1 & 2 | The two supplied together in an agreed proportion, commonly 80:20. |
| Shredded | Fragmented and magnetically separated, even in size and density. |
| Bundles | Sheet and offcut compressed into dense bales for handling. |
The descriptions are the trade’s standard meaning for each grade. The specification, the proportion of a mixed grade and the permitted impurities are agreed per contract and certified per shipment.
