Page 48 - I want to create content about steel!

Korea Iron & Steel Association Chapter 3●Tour of a steel mill

Then, coal is baked at temperatures
A blast furnace is a large iron smelting Then, iron ore becomes of 1,000 to 1,300 ° C to make ‘coke.’
facility that stands 110 meters tall. ‘sintered ore,’
By harnessing the powers of earth, fire, a raw material apt for Coal
Coke plant
and wind in a furnace, we get molten iron. ironmaking.
Iron
ore
A 30-story
Blast furnace apartment
building The Statue
100 m of Liberty
93 m

Sintering
110m plant Shaft furnace
Male adult
1.8 m
The iron ore, or sintered ore,
First, Korea imports and coke processed in this
quality iron ore, with 60% iron way go into the furnace
Fire?
Fire? content, from countries like
Earth? Australia and Brazil. to mix with fire!
Earth?
I can't wait!
Wind?
Wind? I can't wait!
nice to meet you
nice to meet y ou nice to meet y ou
nice to meet you
Guys, shall we
go see some
scorching
F Furnace Limestone Coke Sintered ore
urnace
Limestone
Sintered ore
oke
C
action?

To ensure that the
varying components and sized appropriately to be
of the imported ore fed into the furnace,
is processed to be the ore is put through a Look at that machine!
‘sintering’ process.
consistent, It's really huge!

This is the world's largest blast
furnace with internal space
measuring a whopping 6,000
cubic meters.

e is
o
n or
e ir
The iron ore is
Th
in
t
rt.
pa
fe
d
fed into this part.
his
t
o
Then, temperature
Th e n, t e mpe r a tur e Th e y put o n ha r d ha ts
They put on hard hats
es
a and pressure
e
sur
nd pr
d.
l
ie
e app
a are applied.
r
Tidbit Refractory, a mixture of stone and sand, protects a blast furnace from melting even at 1,500℃. Tidbit Normally, iron ore and oxygen are tightly bound. However, oxygen must be separated from the ore
A refractory refers to materials that can withstand high heat. through the ‘reduction process’ that is absolutely necessary to make steel.
44 45