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Velco GmbH

D-42551 Velbert
Germany

For 50 years VELCO is known as reliable partner for iron, steel and refractory industry. We supply dense, mixed and dilute phase injection system, which will be individually selected for the individual plant.
VELCO supplies stand-alone refractory gunning machines as well as tailor-made gunning manipulators for the hot repair of EAFs, ladles, RH-snorkels, etc. .
Besides the gunning systems VELCO also produces pneumatic transport equipment for the injection of carbon and lime at the EAF, for…

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VELCO’s 50th Anniversary

For 50 years VELCO GmbH/Germany has been building a solid reputation as a reliable partner of the foundry, steel and refractory industries. It started in 1971, when VELCO was established by Kurt Wolf, father of the today’s owner Christian Wolf, in the city of Velbert located at the border of the Ruhr industrial area. This town formerly was an important center of the foundry industry. And so the first rotor gunning machine of type Rotamat was launched in 1971 for this branch of industry. Still today this machine type is built and nearly 1300 Rotamat machines are in use all over the world. During the decades VELCO improved and broadened its machine technique, respecting industry’s demand for cost savings, improved efficiency and rising safety importance. Besides the rotor gunning machine VELCO’s delivery program now comprises also pressure vessel gunning machines and gunning robots for the refractory repair of the different aggregates. Based on the know-how…