The CMC Steel Texas melt shop operates an Eccentric Bottom Tapping, AC current electric arc furnace with a 22' shell diameter, powered by an 80 MVA transformer, 24" diameter electrodes, tapping 120 ton heats with a 15 ton heel remnant.

Other components of the furnace are 5 oxy fuel burners, a lance manipulator with 2 oxygen pipes, carbon injection, a temperature measuring device, and a supersonic lance.