WOODINGS PROBE REPAIR GIVES INDIANA STEEL PRODUCER MORE ACCURACY

(February 10, 2006)—As is often the case, simple changes have resulted in a significant improvement for a major steelmaker. As part of an improvement project on its blast furnace, the steelmaker called on Woodings Industrial to make some changes to an 10 ½” diameter in-burden probe.

The probe needed repaired and lengthened in order to reach the center of the furnace. Woodings lengthened the hydraulically driven probe to 37' with a cylinder stroke length of 27'. The lengthening allows the probe to be positioned in the critical center part of the furnace. As a result, temperature and gas readings are more accurate.

Woodings also tested the weld integrity of the probe to ensure proper operation and optimal product life.

About Woodings Industrial Corp.
The only hot metal equipment supplier offering design, engineering, manufacturing and service from one source, Woodings Industrial Corp. is the oldest continuous family-operated business in North America’s steel industry. A worldwide leader in the manufacture of metals industry equipment, Woodings uses the most current technologies to design, engineer and manufacture an extensive line of traditional and not-so-traditional hot metal equipment, such as tap hole drills, clay guns, tuyere stocks, blast furnace valves and engineering specialty products for continuous casters. Woodings is the exclusive supplier of Grabe overlay components in North America and has plants at its headquarters in Mars and Harmony, Pa., along with offices in Detroit and Gary, Ind.