Luxembourg, 21 May 2008. The Paul Wurth Group has developed since the mid 90’s a specific charging Bell Less Top® device perfectly fitting the constraints of small size blast furnaces: the Mini-BLT®. This charging system is directly derived from the well known BLT® technology and is specially designed for charging less than 2000 tonnes of burden material per day. More than 140 Mini-BLT® have been put already in operation in China and some others in Western Europe.
For the first time in Russia, Paul Wurth has been awarded the supply of a Mini-BLT® by Kosaya Gora Iron Works (“KMZ”), one of the leaders in metallurgy in Tula Region. Kosaya Gora has produced more than 690 000 tons of pig iron and 62 000 tons of ferro-manganese in 2007. The company is operating 3 blast furnaces with bell-type charging systems. Paul Wurth Mini-BLT® will be installed on BF N° 1 in 2009. The Paul Wurth Mini-BLT®, as member of the Paul Wurth BLT® family, provides the most common styles of burden placement like rings, spiral and point charging and will improve the operation performances.PAUL WURTH S.A. • 32, rue d’Alsace • P.O. Box. 2233 • L-1022 Luxembourg
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