Hydraulic Charging Unit
In ironmaking operations, none of the equipment making up the Blast Furnace plant should impose limits on the operator. We recognize that the charging strategy is an essential factor in achieving maximum performance.
Chute type charging devices have proven to offer optimum control over the deposition of raw material on the stockline. They allow for increased productivity, reduced coke consumption and longer campaign lives.
With the high demands of modern Blast Furnace ironmaking, reliability of the chosen charging device is pivotal, especially given the unfriendly high temperature, high pressure environment above the Blast Furnace stockline.
Danieli Corus and Woodings Industrial Corporation bring you the Hydraulic Charging Unit, which is simple and robust. It has only four moving parts, none of which is complex or vulnerable. Cooling and lubrication are based on straightforward principles.
• Rotation of the chute is accomplished with a simple gearbox and electric motor, eliminating the complex planetary gearbox of traditional designs
• Hydraulic cylinders are used for the angular location of the chute, eliminating the vulnerable tilting gearbox of traditional designs
• Hydraulic actuation eliminates fatal damage to binding gears at high or low limits of the chute angle
• The once–through shower water cooling system does not require the closed loop circuit that is needed for serpentine panels and is not sensitive to clogging
The distributor is the heart of the hydraulic charging unit. A unique feature of the hydraulic distributor is the main gearbox, which is interchangeable with existing bell–less top gearboxes.
Chute type charging devices have proven to offer optimum control over the deposition of raw material on the stockline. They allow for increased productivity, reduced coke consumption and longer campaign lives.
With the high demands of modern Blast Furnace ironmaking, reliability of the chosen charging device is pivotal, especially given the unfriendly high temperature, high pressure environment above the Blast Furnace stockline.
Danieli Corus and Woodings Industrial Corporation bring you the Hydraulic Charging Unit, which is simple and robust. It has only four moving parts, none of which is complex or vulnerable. Cooling and lubrication are based on straightforward principles.
• Rotation of the chute is accomplished with a simple gearbox and electric motor, eliminating the complex planetary gearbox of traditional designs
• Hydraulic cylinders are used for the angular location of the chute, eliminating the vulnerable tilting gearbox of traditional designs
• Hydraulic actuation eliminates fatal damage to binding gears at high or low limits of the chute angle
• The once–through shower water cooling system does not require the closed loop circuit that is needed for serpentine panels and is not sensitive to clogging
The distributor is the heart of the hydraulic charging unit. A unique feature of the hydraulic distributor is the main gearbox, which is interchangeable with existing bell–less top gearboxes.
