Blast Furnace 5 Life Extension Project - Tim Rutter steps inside the furnace!

Down at Blast Furnace 5, the pig beds are currently being dried out to prepare for the 650 tonnes of liquid iron that will drain onto them shortly.
The virtual reality designs are now a physical reality , Head of Communications Tim Rutter runs us through exactly what will be happening over the next couple of days.

[@hjohnstone6921]

Really cool video, this needs more comments and likes, amazing video

[@poly_hexamethyl]

So he said this tap is at the very bottom of the furnace, and the normal routine tapping is done a floor above. I wonder why they don't tap at the bottom level during production as well? Why leave so much molten iron in the furnace during normal operation?

[@laveturnerjones3954]

pretty much gives more stable operation. also preserver way better temperature for prolonged (48/72hr) outages. plus the normal operation produces graphite wich can settle at the bottom of the furnace. graphite is a pain in the a to deal with on the cast floor

[@laveturnerjones3954]

the liquid also protects the carbon blocks that make up the hearth bottom and walls from the extreme corrosion that the flow of bf gas can cause.

[@TheSeralp]

Slag also should be taken out of the BF. Usually tap hole is used to take out the slag and molten pig iron respectively. if salamander hole is used as pig tapping hole , slag should be tapped upper level of BF.

[@Mcsterl]

@@TheSeralp They probably did. Possibly a role reversal in that the normal iron tap hole was used for outstanding slag. Or, the slag was removed in the conventional way through the slag tap hole of the last furnace batch, leaving only whats to come out of the salamander to be removed.

[@crabcrab7172]

Who disliked this video???
great job

[@GORT70]

Green commies.

[@sharadjain2463]

British Empire's lovers.

[@TheSeralp]

Slag also should be taken out of the BF. Usually tap hole is used to take out the slag and molten pig iron respectively. if salamander hole is used as pig tapping hole , slag should be tapped upper level of BF.

[@johnparks1029]

Cool

[@Kathie1410]

is that stuff in the beggining meant to be on fire

[@laveturnerjones3954]

yes. they are dying those beds out so they dont get steam explosions when the iron runs into them

[@Kathie1410]

@@laveturnerjones3954 thanks

[@breakingbolts8871]

comment:
more should watch

[@YOUTUBE_AMERICA]

It's cool plant my family member worked here
It's amazing
Chinese destroying our steel economy