Appendix A: Metals Industry Survey Form

Company name: .....................................................

Contact numbers: .....................................................

Contact person: .....................................................

Email: .....................................................

1. Melting methods (please copy the form and complete separately for each individual process on-site).

		Production quantity (range)		If unable to specify precisely, please indicate general furnace capacities as follows: "Small" - ≤ 1,000 kg/day "Small-medium" - 1,000 to 5,000 kg/day "Medium" - 5,000 to 20,000 kg/day "Large" - >20,000 kg/day
	tick	daily (kg)	annual (t)
electric induction
arc furnace
resistance furnace
cupola
rotary
tilting rotary
reverbatory
oil/gas fired crucible
other (specify)

2a. Ferrous metals cast

	tick	daily (kg)	annual (t)	Specify metal treatment/flux used, e.g. magnesium,O₂, lancing, lime, fluorspar, other
Irons
Steels

2b. Non-ferrous metals cast

	tick	daily (kg)	annual (t)	Specify metal treatment/flux used, e.g. NaCl, chlorine, nitrogen, other additives
Aluminium
Copper-based
Zinc
Lead
Other (specify)

3. Is the operation batch or continuous?

Approximate time for a batch/melt cycle _______________ hours

Size of batch/melt cycle _____________ kg (metals cast)

4. What air pollution control equipment is in place on the furnace?

	tick	If associated with more than one process or furnace specify
Water scrubber
Bag filter
Cyclone
Afterburner
None
Other (specify)
..................

Is lime added to the bag filter? Yes/No

5. Heat recovery or gas quenching on fume extraction? Yes / No

6. Has any emission testing been carried out on the furnace air emissions? Yes / No

7. Any sample ports in main discharge vent? Yes / No

Reasonable access? Yes / No

8. (Optional) If testing has been carried out, what contaminants have been tested? (e.g. particulate matter, metals, dioxins)

.............................................................................

Would you make the data available to the study? Yes / No
(Note confidentiality of your site could be agreed)

9. Condition of input materials used

tick	Metal input quality
	clean - internally generated returns or ingots from elsewhere
	contaminated with cutting oil (specify if type known) ______________________
	contaminated with paint
	contaminated with plastics
	mixed
	other (specify) _______________________

10. Is pretreatment or precleaning of scrap used? (Specify)

11. Method of ventilation from furnaces or melters

Is furnace hooded and directly ventilated? Yes / No

Estimated potential fume capture efficiency over the furnace

12. What form of general workspace ventilation is used?

tick
	natural
	forced (separate from furnace/s)
	forced (combined with furnace/s)

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