TORPEDO LADLE CAR WEIGHING

Improve the profitability and security of your blast furnace by installing a weighing system for torpedo ladle cars. Every day some thousands of tons of pig irons are leaving the Blast Furnace in the direction of the Steel plant. The weighing track monitors that movement by measuring the torpedo weight:

• Directly at the tapping position of the blast furnace
• By weighing half of the entire torpedo car
• As a static weighing system during tapping

Knowing the precise net weight of each Torpedo Car will allow you to:

• Optimize the material flow to the steel plant, now that you are able to transmit the net weight of pig iron arriving there, at an early stage.
• Accurately and consistently fill each torpedo car, because the net weight of pig irons arriving from the blast furnace can be adjusted.
• Control the growth of tare load before tapping starts, and manage the slag deposition onto the refractory surface, leading to optimized maintenance cycles.
• Optimize the maintenance cycles of the blast furnace, by using the information of the weighing system, for example by supervising the tapping masses and flow rates over longer periods.
• Operate in a safer environment. The reliable, weight dependant, overfilling control contributes to a safer tapping process.