A PLANT FOR PRODUCING SPONGE TITANIUM

A plant for producing sponge titanium contains disposed in the electrical part of the furnace reactor with cover equipped with central branch pipe having flange, disposed in the cooler and equipped with vacuum conduit condenser and cover equipped with central branch pipe having flange, steam conduit which connects reactor and condenser and made in the form of a pipe, and system of autonomous heating the steam conduit, which contains the low voltage source with two current leads, busduct and two clamp connections electrically tied with steam conduit ends. The plant, in addition, contains cartridges with flanges tightly connected in the lower part with the ends of steam conduit, disposed in central branch pipes and connected with them by means of flanges. The system for a direct heating the steam conduit is equipped with an additional clamp connection disposed on the steam conduit between ends thereof, at that the first current lead of low voltage source is connected with clamp connections electrically tied to the steam conduit ends, and the second ones are connected to additional clamp connection.