OTTO JUNKER GmbH

Efficient Recycling of Contaminated Scrap

The re-melting of scrap from the free market and especially post consumed scrap is a challenging task. The global scrap market is very volatile and the quality and availability of certain types of scrap is changing very fast.

The modern and state-of-the-art scrap recycling equipment of OTTO JUNKER is a flexible tool for the aluminium industry to re-melt a wide variety of contaminated aluminium scrap materials. Therefore is OTTO JUNKER’s modern scrap recycling equipment an ideal tool to bring the scrap back to the production.

OTTO JUNKER’s recycling equipment improves the metal yield by removing the contaminants before re-melting and thus ensures an efficient scrap recycling process.

Otto Junker Power to Heat Modules – Resistance heating for high temperature heat storage and process electrification

Decarbonization and technologies supporting the expansion of renewable energy

Efficiency of more than 98 % will reduce industrial primary energy consumption
Efficient sector coupling
No mains feedback
Temperatures of 400 to 1200 °C
Power from 0.1 to 10 MW per unit
Air, inert gas and steam heating

Otto Junker Liquid Metal Flow Heater – Induction heating for electrification of large scale Aluminium melting process

Decarbonization and circular economy

Direct utilization of electrical energy
CO2 footprint of recycled aluminium is lowered by 70 %
Applicable for retrofitting and greenfield projects
Power from 0.5 to 5 MW per unit
Perfect in combination with the Otto Junker rotary kiln furnace for high contaminated scrap

Drawing of a twin chamber furnace and a single chamber furnace

TCF= Twin Chamber Furnace
SCF=Single Chamber Furnace

About OTTO JUNKER GmbH

OTTO JUNKER GmbH supplies tailor-made furnace equipment for the metal industry as well as castings to its global customers: Based in Simmerath-Lammersdorf, Germany, OTTO JUNKER ranks among the world’s most successful manufacturers of sophisticated industrial furnace systems.

The company was established in 1924 and currently employs 650 people. It relies on both innovation and tradition to remain at the cutting edge of technology at all times. With subsidiaries in five and business partners in over 40 countries, OTTO JUNKER is excellently positioned to serve the international marketplace.

OTTO JUNKER headquarters site at Simmerath-Lammersdorf, Germany

Since 1982, OTTO JUNKER GmbH has been wholly owned by the Otto Junker Foundation. Acting in close cooperation with the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), the company supports the work of young engineers in science and technology.

Company info and contact

A participant of the ecoMetals initiative

Ecologically sustainable
Technological innovative
Economically competitive

Company info and contact:

OTTO JUNKER GmbH, Hall 10 / F57