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Luxembourg, 19 December 2005. After a complete rebuild and modernization, Severstal re-commissioned No. 4 Blast Furnace at their Cherepovets works in Russia on 18 December 2005. The new furnace has a useful volume of 2700 m3 and is designed for an annual hot metal capacity of 2.25m metric tons. The blast furnace is equipped with a latest design Paul Wurth Bell-Less Top® charging system of parallel hopper type which, in particular, features a main gearbox with closed-loop water cooling.
The new No. 4 blast furnace has three tapholes and two horizontal castfloors which are equipped with full hydraulically driven tapping machinery of TMT*. PAUL WURTH S.A. • 32, rue d’Alsace • P.O. Box. 2233 • L-1022 Luxembourg |