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Challenges for Sustainable Ironmaking at ArcelorMittal - ABM

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Profit /Innov<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Know your process better<br />

• Measure actual pushing <strong>for</strong>ce, not calcul<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

from motor amperage<br />

– Typical pushing <strong>for</strong>ce curve shows:<br />

• A peak when coke cake start to move<br />

• A rapid decrease as coke cake clears from oven wall<br />

due to oven taper and keeps stable<br />

• A long and more or less fl<strong>at</strong> zone where only friction<br />

on the oven sole occurs<br />

Hard Pushing<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

Force (Tonnes)<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

05/10/2008 49<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45<br />

Time (sec)

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