OptiCharge

Precision Melt Optimization

OptiCharge™ is the only charge mix optimizer that explicitly handles scrap chemistry uncertainty and variation, delivering the cheapest, safe charge recipe every heat.

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Overview for OptiCharge™

Every foundry faces scrap with fluctuating chemistry, over-alloying to stay safe, high pig iron usage, and off-spec heats and trimming. Traditional charge calculators assume perfect scrap data, but real scrap is never perfect.

OptiCharge™ optimizes scrap, returns, pig iron, and alloy additions together, minimizing total melt cost per heat while ensuring all chemistry targets are met safely. It predicts the expected final chemistry and calculates exact alloy requirements with built-in safety buffers.

Traditional Charge Calculation Creates Costly Variability

Traditional foundry charge calculators assume perfect scrap data.

Challenges
  • Traditional Charge Calculation
  • Scrap with fluctuating chemistry
  • Over-alloying to stay safe
  • High pig iron usage
  • Off-spec heats, and trimming
Solution
  • Uncertainty-Aware Charge Optimization
  • OptiCharge™ explicitly handles scrap chemistry uncertainty and variation and delivers the cheapest, safe charge recipe every heat
  • Cuts alloy additions and maximizes low-cost scrap usage
  • Reduces pig iron dependency
  • Delivers a higher chemistry hit rate and strike rate, with fewer trimming heats and re-blows

Smarter Decisions Through Charge Optimization

OptiCharge™ optimizes scrap, returns, pig iron, and alloy additions together, minimizing total melt cost per heat while ensuring all chemistry targets are met safely. It respects built-in metallurgical constraints, including furnace capacity, minimum and maximum percentage of each scrap type, returns limits, individual element limits such as C, Si, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Mo, and total low-carbon limits.

Predictive & Prescriptive Intelligence

Predictive Chemistry Analytics

OptiCharge™ predicts the expected final chemistry and calculates exact alloy requirements with built-in safety buffers.

Key Highlights

  • Predicts Expected Final Chemistry
  • Calculates Exact Alloy Requirements
  • Built-In Safety Buffers

Prescriptive Charge Optimization

OptiCharge™ optimizes scrap, returns, pig iron, and alloy additions together, minimizing total melt cost per heat while ensuring all chemistry targets are met safely.

Key Highlights

  • Optimizes Scrap, Returns, Pig Iron & Alloys
  • Minimizes Total Melt Cost Per Heat
  • Ensures Chemistry Targets Are Met Safely

Everything You Need in One Platform

Lower Melt Cost

Cuts alloy additions, maximizes low-cost scrap usage, and reduces pig iron dependency.

First-Time-Right Chemistry

Delivers a higher chemistry hit rate and strike rate, with fewer trimming heats and re-blows.

Consistent Results Across Shifts

Standardized best-practice recipes reduce dependence on expert metallurgists.

Uncertainty-Aware Optimization

Built-in capabilities to handle uncertainty in scrap chemistry.

What-If Simulation Before Melting

Compares alternate scrap baskets before melting.

Built-In Metallurgical Constraints

Respects furnace capacity, minimum and maximum percentage of each scrap type, returns limits, individual element limits such as C, Si, Mn, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Mo, and total low-carbon limits.

Optional Add-Ons

  • Live scrap inventory integration
  • Integration with the spectrometer and the microscope
  • Alloy auto-dosing interface (version 1.01)
  • ERP connectivity

Downloads

Available documents:
OptiCharge

OptiCharge

File Type: DOCX

Document: Product Brochures

Information - English - 14-08-2026 - 0.83 MB

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Product-Brochure.pdf

MPM Product Brochure

File Type: PDF

Document: Product Brochures

Information - English - 07-07-2026 - 52.72 MB

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OptiCharge™ is the only charge mix optimizer that explicitly handles scrap chemistry uncertainty and variation, delivering the cheapest, safe charge recipe every heat.

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