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Description: | Molten steel being poured (called 'teeming') into a trumpet shaped central refractory pipe from which run channels under four ingot moulds. The molten steel flows down the trumpet, filling the ingot moulds underneath from the base upwards. This method is also called 'uphill teeming'. The glow of the steel can be seen in the four moulds as they fill up. The handle held by the worker controls the stopper rod which opens or closes the nozzle on the handle. The Melting Shop was often referred to as 'The Siemens' or 'Siemens', in reference to Sir William Siemens who operated the first open hearth furnace in Britain in 1865. As the furnace was originally invented by Frenchman Pierre Martin, it became known as Siemens-Martin Open Hearth Furnace. It was refurbished in the 1960's by Wellman Incandescent Ltd of Rubery near Birmingham, with the removal of 'A' furnace, and the re-building of the other original tilting type furnaces. The newer furnaces featured rammed dolomite linings and chrome magnesite fully suspended roofs with capacities of approximately 120 tonnes each. The Melting Shop consisted of a total of seven furnaces fired with burners using a mixture of atomised oil and steam. In 1965, a degassing plant was installed by Ruhrstahl Heraeus of Germany. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Subjects: | Photograph Iron and steel industry Photographs Steelworks Metal-workers | Temporal: | [1970s] | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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