Brief of the technology using sliding gate for slag stopping during converter tapping in the steelmaking plant of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co.,Ltd.

The sliding gate used to stop slag during converter tapping is similar to the control of slide gate in ladle,with the sliding gate device installed outside the BOF tapping hole tip.Owing to the quick opening and closing(in 0.5 s) of the sliding gate,it can not only effectively stop the pre - slag and post - slag during converter tapping but also automatically judge and stop slag with the help of AMEPA slag detecting and PLC control technology.Currently it is regarded as the best process to stop slag during ...