Abstract: An apparatus for producing reduced iron by agglomerating a mixed powder of an iron material and a reducing agent to form compacts like briquettes or pellets, and reducing the compacts in a high temperature atmosphere is disclosed. In the apparatus, a rotary hearth in an annular form is rotatably supported. Right and left furnace walls and a ceiling are provided to cover an area above the rotary hearth, thereby forming a space portion in a high temperature atmosphere. A compact supply portion, and a compact discharge portion are provided adjacently in the ceiling. Partitioning members are provided as partitions between the compact supply portion, the compact discharge portion, and the high temperature atmosphere space portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing reduced iron, and a compact drying method for application to the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pelletizer or a briquetter for mixing and agglomerating coal as a reducing agent and iron ore as iron oxide to form compacts, a dryer for drying the compacts, a circular rotary hearth type reducing furnace for reducing the dried compacts in a high temperature atmosphere, a first heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between a hot off-gas discharged from the reducing furnace and combustion air to be supplied to the reducing furnace, and coolers for cooling the hot off-gas. A second heat exchanger for heating drying air is disposed on an exit side of the first heat exchanger. The drying air heated by the second heat exchanger is supplied to the dryer to dry the compacts with the drying air scant in moisture. Consequently, highly efficient, stable drying in the dryer can be performed, and high quality reduced iron can be produced stably.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing reduced iron, and a compact drying method for application to the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pelletizer or a briquetter for mixing and agglomerating coal as a reducing agent and iron ore as iron oxide to form compacts, a dryer for drying the compacts, a circular rotary hearth type reducing furnace for reducing the dried compacts in a high temperature atmosphere, a first heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between a hot off-gas discharged from the reducing furnace and combustion air to be supplied to the reducing furnace, and coolers for cooling the hot off-gas. A second heat exchanger for heating drying air is disposed on an exit side of the first heat exchanger. The drying air heated by the second heat exchanger is supplied to the dryer to dry the compacts with the drying air scant in moisture. Consequently, highly efficient, stable drying in the dryer can be performed, and high quality reduced iron can be produced stably.

Abstract: A pretreatment apparatus for raw materials for production of reduced iron pretreats the raw materials, comprising an iron material, such as iron ore, and other raw materials, such as coal and flux, by a dryer, classifiers, a roll press, and a vertical mill, and feeds the pretreated raw materials to a pelletizer via a feed bin. At least two fluidized mixers for mixing the classified raw materials, one of the fluidized mixers for storage and the other fluidized mixer for supply, are provided for batch treatment. The pretreatment apparatus can uniformize the crushed particle sizes of iron ore, coal, etc.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing reduced iron dries agglomerates, pelletized from a powdery mixture of an iron oxide powder and a reducing agent, in a drying chamber, preheats the dried agglomerates in a preheating chamber, and then reduces the preheated agglomerates in a high temperature atmosphere of a reducing furnace. In the preheating chamber, an off-gas from the reducing furnace is convected to preheat the dried agglomerates. A decrease in the fuel cost, and downsizing of the equipment can be achieved by effective use of the sensible heat of the off-gas discharged from the reducing furnace. Moreover, a downsized, simplified system for treatment of the off-gas is realized by decreasing the amount of the off-gas.

Abstract: A reduced iron discharger in a rotary hearth reducing furnace scoops up reduced iron on a rotary hearth from a front side with the use of an impeller enough long to cover the entire width of the rotary hearth, drops the reduced iron onto a vibrating conveyor mounted in the impeller, and discharges it from an outlet to the outside of the reducing furnace. The reduced iron discharger involves minimal structural waste, and gives a satisfactory yield.

Abstract: Several methods and production facilities are provided in order to solve several problems encountered in conventional methods and facilities for producing reduced iron by reducing raw material pellets of a mixture of an iron oxide powder and a reducing material powder in a rotary bed-type reducing furnace and by melting the reduced iron in a sealed-type electro-blast furnace.

Abstract: A method of producing raw material pellets, including forming pellets from a mixture of an iron oxide powder, a coal powder and a binder material after adding adjusting water to the mixture, and drying the pellets, wherein the binder material comprises at least one of tar and at least one of carboxymethylcellulose and polyvinylalcohol.

Abstract: Several methods and production facilities are provided in order to solve several problems encountered in conventional methods and facilities for producing reduced iron by reducing raw material pellets of a mixture of an iron oxide powder and a reducing material powder in a rotary bed-type reducing furnace and by melting the reduced iron in a sealed-type electro-blast furnace.

Abstract: In the production of reduced iron by agglomerating a mixed powder of an iron material and a reducing agent to form compacts like briquettes or pellets, and reducing the compacts in a high temperature atmosphere, when the temperature of reduced compacts is 900° C. or higher, the oxide content in the reduced compacts is set at 11 % or more, and the basicity of the reduced compacts is set at 0.5 or higher.

Abstract: A steel production method including preparing reduced iron pellets, taking a first portion of the reduced iron pellets and charging the first portion of the reduced iron pellets in a submerged electrical arc furnace such that a sufficient amount of hot metal is produced to efficiently melt and charge a second portion of the reduced iron pellets in an electrical arc furnace, and melting and charging the second portion of reduced iron pellets in the electrical arc furnace, thereby producing steel, wherein the first and second portions of the reduced iron pellets have a ratio between 30 to 70 wt. %.

Abstract: A vacuum deposition apparatus has a slit-like nozzle formed in a receptacle accommodating a vacuum deposition material to effect uniform vacuum deposition of the material in the direction of width of a moving base material. The receptacle is made of graphite. An inductively heated body is disposed at the upper part of the receptacle and is provided with the small slit-like nozzle. The nozzle extends in the direction of width of the moving base material. The vaporized vacuum deposition material passes through the nozzle and is deposited uniformly in the direction of width of the moving base material.

Abstract: In a continuous vacuum vapor deposition system, a reduced-pressure chamber is partitioned into a plurality of sub-chambers by seal devices each formed by one set of three pinch rolls arrayed in parallel on one plane or a single seal roll, and a pair of seal bars positioned on the same plane on the respective sides of the pinch roll or seal roll. Gaps between the pinch rolls or seal roll and seal bars are adapted to allow the base plate portions on the inlet side and on the outlet side, respectively, to pass therethrough. In each of the reduced-pressure sub-chambers are disposed a pair of deflector rolls so that the base plate portions on the inlet side and on the outlet side may be wrapped respectively around the pinch rolls or seal roll with a wrapping angle of 10 degrees or more.