Ladle Furnaces
LF – AC – 12” Graphite Electrodes (electrode building
stations).
Water-cooled roof, refractory delta (electrode seals), and fume
extraction.
Porous plug argon bottom stirring (1 plug per ladle).
RHI ladle automated argon bottom stirring system.
Cored Wire Injection Feeder Systems (2, one feeder each LF).
Ladle Furnace Transfer Cars (2) and Ladle Car (1) to Caster.
Ladle Addition Stand LF2 (for manual addition to ladle).
Ladle Furnace 1 (LF1):
Transformer – ID#: TL10 – 9.77MVA – Three Phase – 1961,
rewound by Tyree
Power Construction in 1986.
Shares Ladle Car with DH Degasser, 50m to East of LF2.
Ladle Furnace 2 (LF2):
- Transformer – ID#: TK65 – Australian EIectrical Industries (AEI)
– 6MVA – Three Phase
DOM 1967.
- In line between EAF and Caster.
- Uses EAF Tapping Car or Caster Ladle Transfer Car.
Ladle Maintenance
Ladles – 56t nominal liquid steel capacity.
10 ladles, 4 to 5 ladles in rotation.
RHI / Interstop CS60 ladle slide-gate system.
IPV ladle argon bottom stirring (external set plug).
Ladle Heating – Horizontal Ladle Pre-heat Station (2) with Cassette
Crane in Ladle Maintenance Area.
Ladle Heater – Horizontal Ladle Heater Station (1) – separate
location.
Ladle Heating – Vertical Ladle Heater Dryer (1)
Ladle Heating – EAF Tapping Aisle Heater (1).
Ladle Rebricking Area and equipment (2 ladles).
Ladle Auxiliary Equipment (demolition, sanding station, etc..).
Overhead Hot Metal / Teeming Cranes (L1 and L3) – Cabin Control.
Ladle Cassette Maintenance Area
Ladle CS60 Cassette Racks.
RHI / Interstop CS60 Spring Test Unit.
Hydraulic Packs.
Item Location : Newcastle NSW
Australia
2164 NSW 