Products:
Application:
- CUSTOMER’S PROBLEM
- High cost of lime production
- High consumption of lime and dolime
- Environmental issues due to fines
- Problems in BOF due to variations in slag chemistry
- High CaO content in the suction dust
- DIAGNOSTIC
- Customer’s aging kilns were not well maintained
- Inconsistent quality of raw material and expensive fuel
- Environmental issues
- High inventories of burnt products
- ACTIONS
- Carmeuse lime tried and proved to be much more cost effective
- Steel making problems attributed to inconsistent slag chemistry gradually disappeared
- Worked together with customer to optimize inventory and handling practice
- Better environment due to reduced fines generation