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Show BLAST FURNACE REPAIRS NEAR COMPLETION y,'h the work of relining and ' ,'diiioning the furnaces of the jirbia Steel company rapidly -in? completion, company of-.',1s of-.',1s announced yesterday they ".'Vve the furnace will resume manufacture of pig iron by member 4- . "Besides replacing worn out .Iick" lining and water pipes Serous other repairs and lm--overaents are being incorpor-ij incorpor-ij in the work. "An electrically operated clay ., for closing the iron notch '. behr assembled. This will im-' im-' ire' -inS conditions for the - ,,'ioyees involved in this oper-''o oper-''o and will provide a safer "ihiul for closing the iron notch 'h'ia the furnace is tapped. It il, aiso eliminate the necessity , taking the wind off the fur--W after each case during the mod the iron notch is being .opned. Another convenience being in-called in-called is a new automatic stock recorder which will enable he operating department to con-ml con-ml the distribution of materials I a the furnace. mother is a new automatic r -m blast temperature control 1 ihich will maintain uniform tem-vrature tem-vrature in the hot blast be-iicen be-iicen changes made by the oper-m oper-m force. . Xew copper plates are being ;-ked in the wall section of the iirnace lining for a distance of isproximateiy thirty feet above lie mantle. These will lengthen the life i the furnace lining. The entire work of recondition- the furnace is being done by ;he regular employees of the -jtant supplemented by skilled nasons imported from eastern ' . ,hsidiaries of the United States ,tcd corporation. The present furnace was last e.ined in 1931 and has been in .nntinuous operation until Sep-"mber Sep-"mber 30 of this year when it vas blown out for the present :epairs. It is interesting to note that when the "salamander," residue iron forming in the bottom of the aearth was removed it weighed approximately 100 tons. The enormous chunk of iron has developed de-veloped since the furnace was blown in during 1931. |