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Lead Blast Furnaces Continuously Tapped

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The design and installation of a continuous tapper for lead blast furnaces is described. Operating data for three plants are given, and the advantages of this operation—economic slag, less manpower and better working conditions, increased production, utilization of a wide range of charge and slag compositions, and increased settler life—are examined.

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  1. Selby, Calif., USA

    J. T. Roy (member of AIME, manager of ASARCO’s)

  2. Perth Amboy, N. J., USA

    J. R. Stone (member of AIME, supt. af ASARCO’s development dept.)

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Roy, J.T., Stone, J.R. Lead Blast Furnaces Continuously Tapped. JOM 15, 827–829 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397257

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