ABSTRACT:

The project “LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF DOLOMITE

CRUSHING HAMMERS” is carried out in engineering shops and foundry.

In sinter plant, crushing of dolomite is carried out by crushing

machine in which hammers are the main components. But these hammers are
not giving expected life.

In order to overcome this failure we concentrate on two

parameters. The main aim of our project is to improve the life of bull head
hammer by forging the head as well as shank portion. After forging heat
treatment process takes place in which the hammer is quenched in circulating

water system.
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Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, the first coastal based steel plant of India is located, 16km south west of
Visakhapatnam. Bestowed with modern technologies, VSP has an installed capacity of 3 Million tones per
annum if liquid steel and 2.656 Million tones of saleable steel. VSP Products meet exalting International
Quality Standards such as JIS, DIN, BIS, BS etc...

VSP has the distinction to be the first integrated steel plant in India to become an ISO-9001, EMS-
14001&OHSAS-18001 certified company. These certificates cover quality systems of all operational,
maintainance, services units besides purchase system, environmental management systems and occupational
healthy safety measures.

VSP by successfully installing and operating efficiently Rs 460 crores worth of pollution control
systems and converting the barren landscapes by planting more than 3Million plants has made the steel plant,
steel township and surrounding areas into a heaven of lush greenery.

Having a total manpower of about 17250 VSP has envisaged a labor productivity of not less than 270
tones per man-year of liquid steel, which is the best in the country when compared with international levels.

VSP exports quality pig iron and steel products to srilanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Middle East, USA&
South East Asia(pig iron).RINL-VSP was awarded “Star Trading House” status during 1997-2000. It is also
awarded with “Energy Conservation Award” at national level successively for three consecutive year’s viz.,
2002, 2003, and 2004.
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MAJOR FACILITIES:
Coke ovens
: 3 Batteries each of 67 ovens having7.0 meter height.
Useful Volume 41.6cum.
Sinter Plant
: 2 Sinter Machines of Dwight Lloyd type having
312sq meter area.
Blast Furnace : 2 Blast furnaces having 3200cu.meter useful each.
Steel Melting : 3LD converters having 133 cu.meter volumes each
Shop
and 6 no’s of 4 strand continuous bloom casters.
LMMM
: 7, 10,000tons per annum capacity a9rateda0.
WRM
: 8, 50,000 tons per year capacity (rated).
MMSM
: 8, 50,000 tons per year capacity (rated).

Besides these a captive power plant with a capacity of 284MW Oxygen Plant, Acetylene
Plant, Compressed Air Plant, extensive repair and maintenance units are available at VSP. It has sufficient
infrastructure to expand the plant to 10Millon tones per annum of liquid steel capacity.

PLANT LAYOUT:

LMMM: Light & Medium Merchant Mill.

MMSM: Medium Merchant & Structure Mill.
WRM : Wire Rod Mill.

Sinter Plant:
WHAT IS SINTER?

Sinter is agglomeration of fine particles of iron ore, limestone, dolomite, coke fines and metallurgical
wastes obtained by the application of heat which results in conventional of these fines in to large, hard and
porous lumps.

CONTINUOUS
CASTING SHOP
MILLS
LMMM
MMSM
WRM
PRODUCT
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COKE
OVENS
SINTER
PLANT
BLAST FURNACE
STEEL MELTING
SHOP
RAW
MATERIAL

The formation of lumps is caused by:

An incipient fusion of these particles at contact surface which binds them together. The
formations of diffusion bond through crystallization and crystal growth of hematite and magnetize which keeps
these particles together.

WHY IS SINTERING NEEDED?

 Sintering increases the productivity of Blast Furnace.

 Improves the quality of pig iron.

 Thermal load to blast furnace decreases.

 Improves in size grading.

 Blast furnace movement is smoother.

 Elimination of 80-90% sulphur and minimum quantity of volatile matter si

charged in to blast furnace.

SINTER PLANT LAY OUT
BLAST
FURNACE
SCREENING
BELT
CONVERYS
STRAIGHT LINE
COOLER
CRUSHERS
SINTER MACHINE
BASE MIX YARD
RMB
RMHP