Dnipro steel blew the third blast furnace
December 27, on the Dnieper metallurgical plant (DMP) was blown in the blast furnace (BF) No. 12 and began the withdrawal of the unit on the process parameters. Thus, before 2020, the plant runs all blast furnaces No. 1M, 9 and 12.
In September, the DP-12 was withdrawn to the reserve due to the sharp fall in demand and prices for steel, which resulted in temporary suspension of major production capacities of the plant.
As told at the enterprise, during idle time was made current repairs of the unit.
"Blown in the furnace came to replace the master DP Igor Qaeda brigade No. 1. In razgovori period is the heating of the furnace refractory brickwork. Now our main goal is to control the thermal conditions of the furnace to monitor the status of tuyere," says senior master gas management Eugene Korsun.
the First 65 tonnes of pig iron in BF-12 blast furnace operators expect to obtain before 1 January 2020.
Blast furnace No. 12 was commissioned in August 1956, in July 2019 was made the next major overhaul of the second category.