Lazar Anode Technologies AG mission is to enable our business partners to compete effectively in their markets and to reduce energy consumption and emissions of hazardous substances in the carbon baking process through adoption of the Lazar CCBF.
THE FUTURE IN CARBON BAKING TECHNOLOGY
Lazar Anode Technologies AG, a global company based in Switzerland, offers a cutting-edge carbon baking technology with the implementation of the Lazar Continuous Carbon Baking Furnace (CBF) Column. With the aluminum industry constantly under pressure to reduce its energy consumption and to eliminate emissions of hazardous substances, the marketplace is ready for an environmentally superior, cost-effective process to replace the conventional anode baking technology.
The Lazar Continuous CBF Column not only manufactures superior quality carbon anodes with minimal impact to the environment, but it also counteracts the thermal degradation experienced in conventional anode baking technologies in aluminum smelting. This breakthrough in carbon anode baking has undergone rigorous testing and optimization in a prototype facility in Hawesville, Kentucky, USA.
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JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS
TECHNOLOGY PARTNER
Axaeon Enterprises AG, based in Switzerland is the holder of the intellectual property rights of the company.
Enterprise Group Limited (EGL), a Hong Kong resident company, was established for the purpose of being an equity participant in the international company Lazar Anode Technologies AG (LAT).
HarbisonWalker International provides high-grade fireproof ceramic refractory products and services for high-temperature applications in the cement and lime, energy, chemicals, non-ferrous metals, glass, iron and steel, and environmental technology industries.
Skanska is a world-leading project development and construction group. One area of their expertise is offering specialized refractory services to the heavy industry market.
THE LAZAR BOARD MEMBERS
The Lazar Anode Technologies board members are senior business leaders with a deep understanding of both the commercial imperatives and the innovation that drives success.
The board’s diligent oversight promotes the company’s progress toward its business goals. Its strict adherence to its financial, legal and ethical obligations ensures that shareholders’ investments are protected and that the company remains an outstanding corporate citizen. Company success should not come at a detrimental cost to society or the environment.
The Lazar board plays a crucial role through its monitoring of management performance against business objectives and plans. While fostering innovation and calculated risk-taking, it is conscious of the hard-edged realities of bringing a new commercial application to market. It understands its role in providing the platform for management to deliver on the potential of the company’s leading-edge carbon baking technology.
CONSULTANTS / ADVISORS
Corporate, strategic, and technical objectives/visions are thoroughly reviewed not only by internal personnel, but also high-ranking industry individuals of global note.
CONSULTANT
Barry Sadler – Net Carbon Consulting Pty Ltd
Barry Sadler has been involved in the aluminum industry for more than 25 years in a range of positions but always with a focus on carbon anode technology. He holds B.App.Sc (RMIT, 1982) and Ph.D. (Uni. Qld, 1990) degrees in metallurgy. Over the course of his career, Barry has worked at the Comalco Research Centre (CRC) in Melbourne, where he established the Carbon Technology Group, Comalco’s New Zealand Aluminum Smelter (NZAS), and Comalco Aluminum’s corporate headquarters in Brisbane, Australia.
In 2002 Barry successfully set up the independent consultancy Net Carbon Consulting Pty Ltd. In addition to co-authoring more than 20 technical papers and regularly lecturing on anode technology at various university courses, Barry has been an active member of TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society) for more than 20 years. He lives in the northern outskirts of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.
Pre-Feasibility Studies
Melbourne Australia & Frankfurt Germany
Pilot Plant
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
Full Scale Prototype Facility
Hawesville Kentucky USA
The Lazar Continuous CBF
Hawesville Kentucky USA
The Lazar Continuous Carbon Baking Furnace
The Lazar CCBF was developed
for the main purpose of
cost-effectively baking anodes
of superior quality
Significant Cost Savings
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The thermal efficiency (non-cyclic operation) and simplified anode handling process equipment result in reduced capital and operating expenditures.
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Fuel consumption is minimized due to steady state of thermal conditions and the use of anode volatiles.
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Every anode experiences identical temperature profiles resulting in superior anode quality.
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Modular design provides smelters with ultimate flexibility in size, capacity, footprint, scalability and rate of introduction. Furthermore, the modular design enables scheduling of preventative maintenance guaranteeing reliability and uninterrupted operations.
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All furnace components are at stable temperatures. Optimum zonal refractory selection results in efficient thermal performance, cost effectively.
Environmentally Superior
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Higher quality anodes result in reduction cell operation improvements and reduced carbon footprint.
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The Lazar CCBF effectively captures and burns volatiles resulting in the reduction of toxic substance emissions. Reduced pollution levels will lead governments to mandate this process above existing anode baking technologies.
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The intrinsic thermo-mechanical stability of the Lazar CCBF eliminates the need to use ceramic fibers.
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The reduction in hazardous materials and a safer baking environment leads to higher productivity for the work force.
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