Blast Furnace Ironmaking

Stable and reproducible tapping operations are essential for the stable hot metal supply to the steelmaking plant, the hot metal quality as well as for the establishment of a smooth, efficient blast furnace ironmaking process.

Paul Wurth has extensive experience in the design of modern, highly functional casthouses – whether for new furnaces or for modernising existing plants.

For reliability reasons, Paul Wurth recommends world-class casthouse machinery from TMT – Tapping Measuring Technology, a joint company of Dango & Dienenthal and Paul Wurth. TMT’s full range of proprietary casthouse equipment includes fully hydraulic taphole openers, clay guns and runner cover manipulators as well as tilting runner drives, sampling and measuring devices and auxiliary equipment.