RADIATING ROTARY FURNACE ====================================================================================================================== THE AIM OF THE NEW PRODUCTION PROCESS IS TO REDUCE THE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT OPERATING CYCLE, WITH CONSEQUENT CONTAINMENT IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ALSO ALLOWING THE EXTRACTION OF A LIQUID METAL WITH LOW POLLUTANT CONTENT (CHROMIUM/NICKEL) FROM THE ZYBER (OR FROM THE CHROME MATERIAL IN GENERAL) AND MAKING IT DIRECTLY USABLE NOT ONLY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY ALLOY, BUT ALSO THE PRIMARY ONE: THE CURRENT PRODUCTION PROCESS, IN FACT, ALLOWS THE USE, HOWEVER, IN LIMITED QUANTITIES, OF THE ZIRBE, WHICH HAVE A LOWER PURCHASE COST THAN THAT OF THE MATERS, ONLY TO PRODUCE THE SECONDARY ALLOY. TO REALISE THIS NEW PROCESS IT IS NECESSARY TO MELT THE MATERIAL BY DIRECT IRRADIATION (AND NOT BY IMMERSION IN THE MELT BATH) IMMEDIATELY SEPARATING THE LIQUID PART FROM THE CHROME-PLATED PART THAT REMAINS