Patent · US Expired

Making of steel by the BOF process

US4270949A · kind A · utility

7Cited by
6References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 24, 1979
Grant dateJun 2, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 24, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The usual oxygen lance, and a coating lance, are disposed in upright and spaced-side-by-side relation for selective lowering into the BOF vessel when the latter is in the normal upright position it occupies for refinement of its metallic charge. Preferably, the coating lance is lowered into the vessel immediately after the latter has been charged with scrap and molten iron and moved to its upright position. At this time the oxygen lance is in standby position while refractory coating material is forced through the coating lance and outwardly of its nozzle to coat various areas of the vessel lining. Thereafter, the coating lance is withdrawn from the vessel and the oxygen lance is inserted and the refining process is begun. At this time, the coating lance is held in standby position.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.