THE ECHO - Ferrostaal

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01. Page 28/29: General view of the furnace shortly before
completion
02. Blast Furnace 3 during final assembly: Lifting the final
conveyor bridge onto the top of the furnace
03. The Brazilian-designed blast furnace burdening unit is
made from concrete.
04. The water cooling system for the furnace is very compact
due to the space restrictions.
05. The middle ring of the furnace shell is carefully positioned
before welding.
In April 2004, MAN Ferrostaal and its consortium partners Voest
Alpine Industries UK and Paul Wurth, together with their operational
subsidiaries in Brazil, won the contract for the turnkey construction
of another blast furnace. Thanks to the relationship it enjoys
with KfW/Euler-Hermes and the positive experience of working
on Furnace 2, MAN Ferrostaal was in a position to organise the
entire financing package for the import part of the project and to
assume responsibility for financial management of the project as
a whole. Working closely with its European consortium partners,
MAN Ferrostaal drafted the basic engineering and installation
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plans, including the plans for materials management and burdening,
as well as the essential energy supply system. The local subsidiary
MAN Ferrostaal do Brazil was largely responsible for the
MAN portion of the detail engineering and for delivery.
HEAVY CRANES AT WORK
During the construction phase, 16 cranes with lifting capacities of
between 22 and 600 tons were employed within a very small
space to handle the heavy steel construction of the furnace and all
related work. This included the lining of the furnace, construction