US50474A - Improvement in the manufacture of iron and steel - Google Patents
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- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 64
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 32
- 229910000831 Steel Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 10
- 239000010959 steel Substances 0.000 title description 10
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 title description 4
- PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N manganese Chemical compound [Mn] PWHULOQIROXLJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 16
- 229910052748 manganese Inorganic materials 0.000 description 16
- 239000011572 manganese Substances 0.000 description 16
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 16
- 239000005864 Sulphur Substances 0.000 description 8
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 8
- NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N sulfur Chemical compound [S] NINIDFKCEFEMDL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 6
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 6
- OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N phosphorus Chemical compound [P] OAICVXFJPJFONN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 229910052698 phosphorus Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 239000011574 phosphorus Substances 0.000 description 6
- 238000009618 Bessemer process Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000003723 Smelting Methods 0.000 description 4
- 230000004927 fusion Effects 0.000 description 4
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N silicium dioxide Chemical compound O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 229910001018 Cast iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 229940109526 Ery Drugs 0.000 description 2
- JEIPFZHSYJVQDO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron(III) oxide Chemical compound O=[Fe]O[Fe]=O JEIPFZHSYJVQDO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910001301 Spiegeleisen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 241000135164 Timea Species 0.000 description 2
- 238000004458 analytical method Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000003610 charcoal Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000571 coke Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000002939 deleterious Effects 0.000 description 2
- 235000013601 eggs Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 238000002360 preparation method Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000000377 silicon dioxide Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 2
- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052725 zinc Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
- C21B5/00—Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
- C21B5/008—Composition or distribution of the charge
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- My invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of iron or steel by the pneumatic process,generally known as the Bessemer process; and my said invention consists in combining with the said pneumatic process i'or decarbonizing crude molten iron the preparation of the crude molten iron to be thus decarbonized by mixing with iron ores and other.
- manganiferous iron ores such as that known in this country by the name .of red oxide of zinc, or fli-lllk1llllt9, known at resent to exist in the greatest quantity in New Jersey; but other iron ores rich in manganese-such as spathose or spathic carbonates-maybe used instead, where they are free from sulphur or phosphorus or anyother iron ores, in combination with manganese, from which the metal known as apteisen may be made.
- the manganese, or ores or metal containing manganese in sufficient quantity may be smelted at. the same timeas the other ores with which the furnace may be charged, that there may be found combined with the iron in the state of fusion in the hearth of the blast-furgace a sufficient quantity of manganese to insure its being in a lit state to be treated directly from the blastfurnace by the pneumatic processes for making steel from crude cast-iron.
- the mode of procedure is to run the molten iron from the blast-furnace in the decarbonizing-vessel, and then at once treating it by the pneumatic process, in every respect similar to the mode now practiced in what is known as the Bessemer process of making steel from crude iron by .means of currents of air blown up through and among the metal.
- the quantity offmanganiferous ores required will vary with the quantity of manganese they contain and the character of the other ores and materials with which they maybe smelted.
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Description
UNITEfi STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES HENDERSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL..
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that J, JAMES HENDERSON, of Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufactureof Iron and Steel; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.
My invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of iron or steel by the pneumatic process,generally known as the Bessemer process; and my said invention consists in combining with the said pneumatic process i'or decarbonizing crude molten iron the preparation of the crude molten iron to be thus decarbonized by mixing with iron ores and other. materials charged in the usual manner at the tunnel-head of the blast-furnace a given quantity of manganese, or, by preference, manganiferous iron ores, such as that known in this country by the name .of red oxide of zinc, or fli-lllk1llllt9, known at resent to exist in the greatest quantity in New Jersey; but other iron ores rich in manganese-such as spathose or spathic carbonates-maybe used instead, where they are free from sulphur or phosphorus or anyother iron ores, in combination with manganese, from which the metal known as spiegeleisen may be made. The object to be gained by thus mixing. in the blast-furnace is that the manganese, or ores or metal containing manganese in sufficient quantity, may be smelted at. the same timeas the other ores with which the furnace may be charged, that there may be found combined with the iron in the state of fusion in the hearth of the blast-furgace a sufficient quantity of manganese to insure its being in a lit state to be treated directly from the blastfurnace by the pneumatic processes for making steel from crude cast-iron.-
The mode of procedure is to run the molten iron from the blast-furnace in the decarbonizing-vessel, and then at once treating it by the pneumatic process, in every respect similar to the mode now practiced in what is known as the Bessemer process of making steel from crude iron by .means of currents of air blown up through and among the metal. The quantity offmanganiferous ores required will vary with the quantity of manganese they contain and the character of the other ores and materials with which they maybe smelted. Very pure ores-such as the richer and better qualities of Lake Superior ores or the red hematites of Cumberland and Lancashire, Eugland-will require less than where ores of an inferior quality are used, and will necessarily depend on the experience of the workmen, assisted by frequent careful analysis of the materials used, all of which should be as free from sulphur and phosphorus as possible. Ores possessing the character of the red hematites of Ulverstone and Cumberland, smelted with good coke, free from sulphur, charcoal, or best a I known to be essential, if not indispensable, is-
more thoroughlyincorporated with the molten iron than when introduced in the crucible inwhich the pneumatic .prooess is'operatcd,and, being more thoroiwhly incorporated and being present fromthe ery beginning of the pneumatic process for decarboniziug, it exerts its beneficial influence more effectually than when introduced toward the end.
When sulphur and phosphorus are found in the materials a larger quantity of'franklinite will be needed to overcome these deleterious substances, and the same rule will apply where there is an excess of silica in combination with the ores.
' All the ores used in the smelting operations I will be found to work better when reduced to about egg size. I
From the above explanation it will be seen that the principle upon which the inventionis.
founded is the application of manganese} or manganiferous iron ores to be operated upon or smelted with other iron ores in the furnace,
so that when in the state of fusion it can be directly decarbonized and refined by the pneumatic process.
What I claim as myinventiomand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
Mixing manganese or the equivalent thereof with the ore or ores charged in the blastfurnace for smelting, in combination with and. to produce crude molten iron to be directly converted by the the pneumatic-process, substantially as and for the purpose-specified.
JAMES HENDERSON.
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WM. H. BISHOP, A. DE LACY.
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