Ecuador: Latacunga: Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi; Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y A plicadas.
Publication date
01/02/2020
Field of study
Cedal S.A. is an Ecuadorian Company, created in 1974 with the purpose of producing and
commercializing aluminum products for structural and architectural use. In 1976, it began its
productive activities; at present it is the leader in the distribution of aluminum profiles in the
country, with more than 40 distributors in Ecuador. Since 1979, they have maintained a solid
commercial presence in the related country of Colombia, through its subsidiary VITRAL,
which has distributors in Cali and Bogotá, the main cities of this country. Corporación
Ecuatoriana de Aluminio, with its production in Latacunga place, linked to the growth and
continuous improvement for the quality of its products and involved with the protection of
the environment and the reuse of its production waste, sees the need to carry out the
recovery of aluminum from the slag by-product to optimize the performance of the
production process, thus achieving an efficient use and effective savings. Currently, it has a
production capacity of 50 TN per day of aluminum billets, but with an average loss rate by
slag of 4% of total production. The present project "Recovery of aluminum from the slag byproduct to optimize the performance of the process, generated in the company Cedal S.A. in
Latacunga city, with the purpose of proposing alternative solutions to the use of the waste
typical of a process. Through the design of a tilting furnace with refractory walls, the aim is
to take advantage of the waste (slag), with an 18% recovery of second melting aluminum,
generating an annual profit for the company of 70,888.90andrecoveringtheinvestedcapitalin4months.Theimplementationoftheprojectalsoimprovesthemanagementofsolidwastethankstotheoptimizationofprocessesandtheuseofinnovativemachinery.CedalS.Aesunacompan~ıˊaecuatoriana,formadaenelan~ode1974conelpropoˊsitodeproducirycomercializarproductosdealuminioparausoestructuralyarquitectoˊnico,enelan~ode1976empiezasusactividadesproductivas;enlaactualidadeslıˊderenladistribucioˊndeperfilesdealuminioenelpaıˊs,constandoconmaˊsde40distribuidoresenelEcuador.Apartirde1979,mantienenunasoˊlidapresenciacomercialenelhermanopaıˊsdeColombia,atraveˊsdesufilialVITRAL,lamismaqueposeedistribuidoresenCaliyBogotaˊ,ciudadesprincipalesdeestepaıˊs.LaCorporacioˊnEcuatorianadeAluminio,conplantadeproduccioˊnLatacunga,vinculadoalcrecimientoylamejoracontinuaparalacalidaddesusproductoseinvolucradosconlaproteccioˊndelmedioambienteylareutilizacioˊndesusdesechosdeproduccioˊn,velanecesidadderealizarlarecuperacioˊndealuminiodelsubproductoescoriaparaoptimizarelrendimientodelprocesoproductivo,deestamaneralograrunusoeficienteyunahorroeficaz.Actualmenteseencuentraconunacapacidaddeproduccioˊnde50TNdiariasdebilletsdealuminio,peroconunıˊndicepromediodepeˊrdidaporescoriadodel4deltotaldeproduccioˊn.Elpresenteproyecto“Recuperacioˊndealuminiodelsubproductoescoriaparaoptimizarelrendimientodelproceso,generadoenlaempresaCedalS.A.delaciudaddeLatacunga,conlafinalidaddeproponeralternativasdesolucioˊnalaprovechamientodelosdesperdiciospropiosdeunproceso.Atraveˊsdeldisen~odeunhornobasculantedeparedesrefractarias,sebuscaaprovecharelresiduo(escoria),conunarecuperacioˊndel18empresade70.888,90 y recobrando el capital invertido en 4 meses. También la
implementación del proyecto logra mejorar el manejo de los desechos sólidos gracias a la
optimización de procesos y el uso de maquinaria innovadora