Preventing Premature Failures of Blast Furnace Copper Staves

Target audience

• Blast Furnace Managers

• Blast Furnace Maintenance Supervisors

• Blast Furnace Process Engineers/Metallurgists

• Plant Managers

Key takeaways

• Learn about the specific conditions that lead to failure of copper stave cooling elements

• Understand the experience of furnace operators in determining failing copper staves, the challenges to operational productivity, repair difficulties, corresponding maintenance costs, and production losses

• Gain insights into world-class leading technology that overcomes the common failure scenarios but also brings innovation and value to the customer

Ed Long

Product Owner Furnace Cooling, Primetals Technologies

Ed started his career as a Process Engineer within the Blast Furnace business over a decade ago. Ed has been responsible for the design and commissioning of various types of cooling systems in Europe and Asia. This led to his appointment as the Product Owner for Furnace Cooling systems. This role sees Ed developing solutions for steelmakers facing challenges with their blast furnace cooling technologies. He is currently exploring ways to incorporate instrumentation into cooling elements to provide a deeper understanding of the blast furnace process.

Roberto Musante

Manager Ironmaking Technology, Ternium Argentina

Roberto is a Chemical Engineer with over two decades of experience in the iron and steel industry. He spent his early career in automation and control working in the implementation of mathematical models for control applications. In 2004, Roberto transitioned into ironmaking as a process engineer and became the head of operations for BF2 in 2006. In 2009, he returned to the technology sector as head of the Blast Furnace Technical Department, and in his current role, he oversees Ironmaking Technology at Ternium Argentina. Roberto has been an active member of the European Blast Furnace Committee since 2010, and in 2017, he obtained a master’s degree in Advanced Metallurgy from The University of Sheffield.

Moderator - Colin Morrison

Blast Furnace Product Sales and Marketing Manager, Primetals Technologies

Colin started his career as a Process Engineer within the Iron & Steelmaking business almost thirty years ago. He has been involved in the design and commissioning of both blast furnace and oxygen steelmaking systems worldwide, as well as in business development for other related thermal processing technologies. Following an extended period in the engineering group, he was appointed as Product Sales & Marketing Manager with a role to develop customer value propositions for Primetals Technologies’ blast furnace solutions. This brings together the product benefits with the needs of modern steelmakers in returning value for their assets.