Patent ID: 6403021
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: C21B,F27B,F27D,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of constructing a blast furnace body, by dismantling and assembling said blast furnace body in a shortened period of time and at reduced cost, wherein said blast furnace body is divided into a top section, a hearth section and a plurality of intervening furnace-body ring block sections,said method comprising the steps of: connecting a foundation of said blast furnace body to a furnace-body carriage car having a loading level substantially aligned with said foundation of said blast furnace body, moving each of said furnace-body ring blocks between said foundation and said furnace-body carriage car; and moving by a lifting transfer apparatus each of said furnace-body ring blocks between said furnace-body carriage car and a furnace-body assembly position, wherein said lifting transfer apparatus is movable.