2019 Pittsburgh AISTech

Industrial and High-Capacity Production of Granulated Pig Iron (Room 404)

07 May 19
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Ironmaking

GRANSHOT metal granulation allows planned or unplanned excess pig iron from blast furnaces to be solidified within 30 seconds. The granulated pig iron (GPI) is easy to store, transport and use, either manually or automatically by conveyors and bin systems. GPI is a modern pig iron product, highly interesting for use in BOF, EAF and IF operations and is free of residues. The large surface-to-weight ratio of the GPI allows for rapid melting, quickly forming a liquid pool and foaming slag, thus cutting time and costs in melting. GPI is currently produced in seven GRANSHOT units worldwide.