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Emergency repair of the hearth wall of BF A at Aceralia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2006

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Abstract

Aceralia blast furnace A suffered a 28-days emergency repair inSeptember 2004, due to accelerated wear of the hearth walls andsevere damage of the cast iron staves at the bosh area. Consideringthe shortage of supplies, Aceralia resorted to non conventionalrepair methods in order to prolong the campaign by one year, untilfull relining: small format carbon bricks and carbon ramming massfor the hearth and tapholes and steel staves at the bosh.

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Research Article
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© La Revue de Métallurgie, 2006

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