Foundry Pig Iron

PIG IRON & SKULLSMSPL has set up Pig Iron manufacturing plant using blast furnace with an installed capacity of 54,000 TPA. Basic raw iron is called pig iron because it's produced in the form of chunky molded blocks known as pigs. Pig iron is made by heating an iron ore (rich in iron oxide) in a blast furnace. The iron ore reacts chemically with coke (a carbon-rich form of coal) and limestone. The coke removes the oxygen from the iron oxide (in a chemical process called reduction), leaving behind a relatively pure liquid iron, while the limestone helps to remove the other parts of the rocky ore (including clay, sand, and small stones), which form a waste slurry known as slag. The iron made in a blast furnace is an alloy containing about 90-95 percent iron, 3-4 percent carbon, and traces of other elements such as silicon, manganese, and phosphorus, depending on the ore used. Pig iron is much harder than 100 percent pure iron, but still too weak for most everyday purposes.
BILLET, INGOT & BLOOMS &
SMSPL is proposing to set up BILLET & INGOT manufacturing plant using 20 tons capacity of AOD Furnace with same installed capacity of existing Blast Furnace. Input Raw Materials and chemical composition will be as advised by the industrial consultant Dr. Amin Y. Degani of M/s Tannay project consultancy, Mumbai. By setting up an AOD plant SSPL will save more than 60% of power consumption by using oxygen plant.