Steel Melting Equipment
UZTM-KARTEX offers wide range of equipment for steelmaking industry. Largest metallurgical enterprises in Russia and CIS countries successfully operate converters, process equipment and transport facilities of the Group.
Basic oxygen furnace oxygen supply machine
The machine is designed to move steel water-cooled lances that supply industrial-grade pure oxygen to the reaction zone of the basic oxygen furnace and quickly replace a failed lance with a backup one.
Key characteristics:
| Basic oxygen furnace capacity, t | 160 |
| Oxygen supply, m3/min | 400 |
| Oxygen pressure, MPa (kg/cm2) | 1,5 (15) |
| Water supply for lance cooling, m3/hour | 140 |
| Water pressure at flexible hoses, MPa (kg/ cm2) | 1,2 (12) |
| Electric motor installed power, kW | 75,0 |
| Weight, t | 21,62 |
Stationary mixers
Designed for the temporary storage of liquid cast iron in order to homogenize its chemical composition and temperature, and to create conditions for the stable uninterrupted steel production process by aligning the schedule of molten metal delivery from the blast furnace shop.
Key characteristics:
| Mixer capacity, t | 1300 |
| Outer diameter of enclosure, mm | 7640 |
| Bottom length of enclosure, mm | 10 720 |
| Nominal temperature of cast iron inside mixer | 1320 |
| Fuel type | Natural gas |
| Number of burners, pcs | 3 |
Travelling ladle cars
Designed to transfer an empty ladle to a steel-melting furnace or basic oxygen furnace for filling with metal and transporting it to the next process stage. The ladle cars may be equipped with devices for cleaning the pouring pit and rail track from metal and slag spills and with weighing devices.
Key characteristics:
| Loading capacity, t | 190 | 230 | 250 | 320 | 500 |
| Bucket capacity, t | 130 | 175 | 170 | 175 | 385 |
| Maximum travel speed, m/min | 14 | 53,5 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Track gauge, mm | 4800 | 2500 | 3600 | 5700 | 4800 |
| Total power of travel drives, kW | 37 | 30 х 2 | 65 х 4 | 17,5 х 4 | 47 х 4 |
| Weight, t | 99 | 62 | 103 | 92 | 128 |
Travelling slag cars
Designed for the transportation of empty slag buckets to steel furnaces or to basic oxygen furnaces for filling with slag and then transfer of filled buckets to the shop slag aisle. The slag cars may be equipped with devices for cleaning the pit under the smelting unit; devices for cleaning rail track from metal and slag spills; and weighing devices.
Key characteristics:
| Loading capacity, t | 100 - 320 |
| Pan capacity, m3 | 16 - 30 |
| Travel speed, m/min | to 48 |
| Track gauge, mm | 2500 - 4800 |
| Static load on a trolley axis, ton-force | 40 - 62,5 |
| Weight, t | up to 130 |
Upright basic oxygen furnaces
Used for smelting molten steel by top blowing. Advantages: projects design in full compliance with the customer's requirements based on modern design and technological solutions; the equipment is shipped to the Customer preassembled to the maximum possible extent after the trial running of all mechanisms; full-cycle manufacture of equipment. The most common upright basic furnaces are quite productive and easy in operation converters with oxygen top blowing. Smelting duration is from 45 to 52 minutes; blowing duration is 15-25 minutes; capacity is 160-320 tons of molten metal.
Key characteristics:
| Capacity, t | 160 | 320 |
| Lined furnace inside volume, m3, m3 | 115,8 | 237 |
| Specific volume, m3/t | 0,74–0,82 | 0,76–0,81 |
| Power of electrical tilt drive, kW | 60 kW х 12; 130 kW х 4 | 60 kW х 12 |
| Depth of molten metal pool, mm | 1390 | 1744 |
| Slewing speed, rpm | 0,04…1 | 0,1…1 |
| Weight without lining, t | 630 | 1300 |
UZTM-KARTEX Group also offers:
- extension lifting platforms for basic oxygen furnace lining brickwork with lifting capacity of 10…300 t;
- ladles with capacity of 1…380 t;
- platforms for steelmelting applications with lifting capacity of 80…250 t;
- jack trolleys for the installation and removal of 10…300 t basic oxygen furnace bottoms;
- pan cars up to 45 t;
- slag pans capacity of 11…27 m3;
- • travelling slag pans capacity of 11–16 m3.