Overview
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Westinghouse Plasma Corporation’s plasma torches have more than 500,000 hours of operation in tough industrial settings.
Westinghouse Plasma Corporation’s plasma torch systems are proven in metallurgical and waste-to-energy commercial applications. In Japan, WPC Plasma gasification system has been used to process MSW for more than five years. Plasma torches have also been used in cast iron foundry melting at a General Motors plant in Defiance, Ohio since 1989.
| Date | Customer | Location | Process |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | General Motors | Defiance, Ohio, USA | Metallurgical |
| 1992 | ALCAN | Jonquire, Quebec Canada | Metallurgical |
| 1995 | Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries | Kinuura, Japan | Ash Vitrification |
| 1999 | Hitachi Metals, Ltd. | Yoshii, Japan | Waste Treatment & Energy Processing Demo Facility |
| 2002 | Hitachi Metals, Ltd. | Mihama-Mikata, Japan | Waste Processing & Energy Production |
| 2002 | Hitachi Metals, Ltd. | Utashinai, Japan | Waste Processing & Energy Production |
| 2008* Expected Startup | SMS Infrastructure, Ltd. | Nagpur, India | Waste Processing |
| 2008* Expected Startup | SMS Infrastructure, Ltd. | Pune, India | Waste Processing |