Steel Mill Loads By Tully Models
Manufacturer:
Tully Models (click for web site)
Category:
Steel Mill
Name:
Bessemer Converter
Product Type:
3D-printed plastic
Finish:
unpainted
Ext. Reference:
Ext. Reference:
Prototype Notes:
The Bessemer converter, based on the design used by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. in the 1920s, is a cylindrical steel pot approximately 20 feet high, originally lined with a siliceous refractory. Air is blown in through openings near the bottom, creating oxides of silicon and manganese, which become part of the slag, and of carbon, which are carried out in the stream of air. Within a few minutes an ingot of steel can be produced, ready for the forge or rolling mill. They were in used from the late 1800s through the early 1960s.
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(image copyright © Tully Models)