Taphole Opener
Smooth Drilling for
highest taphole protection
Your Benefits
Highest reliability, lowest lifecycle costs
Based on more than 5 decades of experience in design and manufacturing
Avoid sticking drill bars
Integrated reverse hammering guarantees drill bar pull out under any circumstances
One bit + bar
Proven one bit + bar per opening performance
Layout Variants
The drill mast is moving at an inclined plane in order to reach the working point
At the end of the slewing motion of the taphole opener, the drill mast is tilted in order to reach the working point
In most of the cases the taphole openers are supported by columns fixed at casthouse floor. In special cases the taphole opener can also be mounted on main BF column or underneath the tuyere platform. The way of fixation is always driven by casthouse layout situation and customer requirements.
World's only hammer with online performance adaptation: HS600
Full automatic operation available for highest level of taphole protection.
The taphole opener in operational use
Best possible combination with TMT controls
Controls span from full automatic manless casthouse operation to simple manual operation. Specially developed algorithms like "soft touch", "interval ramming", intelligent hammer control, etc. provide complete process flexibility and record process data.
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