Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshio Miyashita

Kenji Takahashi

Takeo Yamada

Seigo Ando

Kenzo Yamada

Akichika Ozeki

Kiyomi Taguchi

Masahisa Tate

Katsuhiko Murakami

Akira Masui

Eiichi Sakamoto

Kiyoshi Mizui

Shigeyuki Ono

Steel making by a converter comprises blowing oxygen onto the surface of molten steel held in the converter and blowing agitating gases of 1/3 to 1/3000 of the amount of said oxygen thereinto from tuyeres provided at bottom of the converter, which number from 1 to 30 and are from 2 to 30 mm.phi. in inside diameter, thereby to effectively agitate the molten steel and make blowing reaction stabilized for purposes of increasing production and improving quality of the steel.

Steel making by converter

There is disclosed a molten metal level monitoring and controlling apparatus for continuous casting machines which employs an eddy-current type distance measuring device for measuring the level of the molten metal in the mold of a continuous casting machine. The eddy-current type distance measuring device generates a molten metal level signal by detecting in a noncontact manner the distance between its detecting mechanism fixedly mounted in place just above the surface of the molten metal and the molten metal level. According to another embodiment of the invention, the detecting mechanism of the eddy-current type distance measuring device is arranged so as to be vertically movable just above the surface of the molten metal, whereby the detecting mechanism is moved in response to variations in the level of the molten metal to always maintain constant the distance of the detecting mechanism from the molten metal level, and the potentiometer attached to the detecting mechanism generates a molten metal level signal indicative of the distance travelled by the detecting mechanism. The thusly generated molten metal level signal is displayed on a recorder and it is also used for adjusting the pouring rate and the casting withdrawing rate through a monitoring and controlling mechanism so as to maintain the level of the molten metal in the mold within a predetermined range.

Apparatus for monitoring and controlling the level of the molten metal

A method of regenerating molten slag remaining in a furnace or converter or the like after tapping of steel, by adding solid carbon and flux to the slag, blowing oxygen into the slag, heating to a temperature of more than 1500.degree. C and agitating. The regenerated slag can be controlled in composition to be most suitable for such ultimate uses as lime, cement, etc.

Method of treating molten slags in steel making process

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoshio Miyashita