Green forged steel balls reduce carbon content by 30%
Jinan Haoyang Forging & Casting Co., Ltd. has launched a series of "green forged steel balls". Through the "short process forging" technology, the production energy consumption has been reduced by 42%, and the carbon emissions per ton of product have decreased by 30% compared to traditional cast iron balls. Recently, it has been included in the "green manufacturing list" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China. This product uses 100% recycled scrap steel as raw materials and is processed through the "low-temperature forging + online annealing" technology, which increases the material utilization rate to 98%, solving the problem of "waste from cutting risers" in traditional casting processes.
In a cement plant in Henan Province, the wear of Φ60mm green steel balls was reduced to 0.8 kg/t of clinker. The higher chromium cast iron balls saved 15% of electricity and reduced the annual emission of solid waste by 2,000 tons. Currently, the product has obtained the EU CE certification and has reached a long-term cooperation agreement with LafargeHolcim Group. The export volume is expected to exceed 12,000 tons in 2025.
Li Na, the director of the Group's Environmental Protection Department, stated that the next step will be to build a "photovoltaic-driven forging workshop", with the goal of achieving full-process carbon neutrality by 2026 and leading the global green transformation of grinding media.
