World's First Industrial Solar Furnace to Melt Steel Without Fuel or Electricity

• Temperatures above 3,300°C can be achieved in seconds, depending on the process implemented. Energy is ‘free’ and clean.
• The operating cost is low.
• This furnace makes it possible to obtain sudden temperature changes and therefore to study the effect of thermal shocks.
• There are no contaminants (flue gas, pollution, residues etc.), as only the object being processed is heated exclusively by radiation.
• Heating can be carried out in a controlled atmosphere, making it possible to reproduce the vacuum of space.