Blog – Wabi Corp
Integrated Steel Plants: The road to a continuous, uninterrupted process
If one was to comment as an historian, starting with blast furnaces (where ore is converted to a metal), one would conceivably have to choose some period, not just a few hundred years back, but perhaps two or more thousand years back to a period when cattle driven...
Some Options When Equipment in Aging Plants Becomes Obsolete
Many industrial plants, such as steel making facilities, are designed to operate continuously on a 24/7 basis for many decades. This potentially introduces a problem where some components within the plant, not having been originally designed to last for decades, have...
Goosenecks (Standpipe elbows) in the life cycle of a Coke Oven Battery
Coal supplied to coke oven batteries is most economically brought in freighters that, even in the mid 1970’s, were unloading coal at over 5,000 tons per hour. As, by choice, they bring different kinds of coals, they are first stored in separate piles from where they...
Keeping aging Steel Plants operating economically
Many of the larger steel making plants, for example, Integrated Steel Plants, require large capital investments and thus are very expensive to replace in whole. As a natural consequence, the owners are forced to find ways to keep them operational, be it with good...
Reducing the Requirement for Raw Materials Through Recycling at all Stages of Steel Manufacturing
Reducing the Requirement for Raw Materials Through Recycling at all Stages of Steel Manufacturing Key Components and Fundamentals Ferrous materials such as irons and steels are some of the few materials that are considered to be 100% recyclable. They can...
Heavy Equipment Needs Stainless Steel Castings to Combat Heat and Corrosion
Industries such as mining, forestry and construction require the use of heavy-duty machines that are often subject to intense working conditions resulting in extreme wear and tear. In many cases, equipment wear parts made with steel castings are responsible for...
Australian Mine Illustrates the Importance of Mine Skips and Shaft Hoisting
Located in Queensland, Australia, Ernest Henry Mining is a Glencore company that first began operating in 1998 as an open pit mine. As the open pit’s economic life span was due to end in 2011, plans in 2009 were confirmed to invest $589 million and transform the mine...
The Role of Mine Cages in a Successful Mining Operation
Underground mining requires a number of different transportation systems. To effectively move miners and their equipment, for example, a dependable mine shaft cage is necessary. A mine’s success relies on the efficient operation of this component. If a serious problem...
Factors Affecting the Efficient Operation of Mining Cars in Underground Operations
Mining operations greatly rely on machinery and conveyances. The right equipment has to be in place so that extracting and transporting of ore can be accomplished as efficiently as possible. Mining cars are one type of underground conveyance equipment that greatly...
Tips on Mining Wear Parts and Heavy Machinery
The mining process is tough on the production equipment used in today’s modern mines. The stress, heat and corrosion that components such as crusher linings, cutting heads and buckets are subject to can take its toll on even the most durable mining wear parts. Given...