Titanium alloy bar production process of the consumption of electricity and thermal energy is great, and used in the electrolysis recycling reducer process energy consumption has accounted for a large proportion, thus saving magnesium (or sodium) electrolytic process energy consumption is very important. Now, countries are striving to establish electric rate and cell large scale; in addition, the magnesium titanium joint enterprise with liquid magnesium technology, to save electricity, simplify the operation.
目前，钠还原过程已经处于半连续化阶段，但在工业生产中，镁还原和部分钠还原操作仍是间歇作业。为了提高生产率，还原反应器正在向大型化方向发展。最大容量的竖式反应器一般每炉产钛合金棒1．5-2吨，目前有的已达3吨，甚至达5吨的；而卧式反应器最大容量为6—10吨。
At present, sodium reduction process has been in a semi continuous phase, but in the industrial production, the operation is still intermittent operation of magnesium reduction and the reduction of sodium. In order to improve productivity, reducing reactor is developing towards the direction of large-scale. The maximum capacity of the column reactor generally each furnace for producing titanium alloy rod 1.5-2 tons, at present, some already amounted to 3 tons, even up to 5 tons; and the horizontal reactor maximum capacity of 6 - 10 tons.