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TST is a California-based company leading the way in manufacturing aluminum ingot, billet, and slab worldwide for over 76 years. TST is committed to providing the highest quality products.
TST is committed to continuous improvements in its casthouse operation and has installed the world’s first and only permanent magnet-based pump, MagPump™, from Zmag (Japan). MagPump is designed to be a direct replacement for traditional mechanical pumps in side well (multi-chamber) furnaces without requiring furnace modification. MagPump is powered by zPMC™ (Zmag Permanent Magnetic Circuit) which generates virtual impellers to pump molten aluminum. Unlike mechanical pumps, MagPump does not have physical impellers and therefore is a nearly handsfree system, with no consumable parts, reduced downtime. MagPump is also capable of other applications such as gas injection (e.g., Chlorine, Nitrogen, Argon) and scrap submersion. Operator safety has been increased as the necessity to approach the pump well has been minimized.
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