Zaporizhstal has installed a Danieli Corus charging device on blast furnace No. 3

Zaporizhstal completed the installation of a trough-type bell-less charging device as part of the reconstruction of blast furnace No. 3. Danieli Corus's bell-less charging device (BCU) will increase the productivity of the blast furnace through optimal balance and control over the distribution of raw materials. The cost of the loading equipment was over UAH 165 million. In general, the plant's investments in the ecological reconstruction of blast furnace No. 3 will reach UAH 1.5 billion.

This equipment will reduce coke consumption to 15 kg per ton of pig iron and increase the furnace productivity by 5 percent. BZU is also equipped with dust suppression and aspiration systems of the receiving hopper in order to reduce dust when loading the charge into the blast furnace. In addition, the automated blast furnace charging control system will allow real-time monitoring of the production process.

An important feature of this unit is the equipment of all its mechanisms with a hydraulic drive system, which ensures high reliability and efficiency of operation. BZU is also equipped as.

The innovative SKD technology used in the reconstruction of BF No. 3 reduced the time frame for its implementation. This is a phenomenon for Ukraine, since similar projects were previously implemented for one and a half years, and Zaporizhstal plans to carry out an ecological reconstruction of the furnace in six months.