Monitoring the wear of water-cooled tap-hole blocks by the OPTISAVE fibre-optic method
M Hopf
Wear analysis of a tap-hole from A SiMn production furnace
JD Steenkamp, JP Gous, PC Pistorius, M Tangstad, and JH Zietsman
An automatic ladle level measurement system for monitoring ladle fill rate during tapping
A Rödfalk, JP Nilsson, N Brogden, P Bloemer, A Lyons, and OJ Østensen
Tap-hole repair: the UCAR®V Repair solution
P O'Shaughnessy, H van der Merwe, and S Botes
Monitoring, repair, and safety practices for electric furnace matte tapping
L Thomson
Blast furnace tapping practice at ArcelorMittal South Africa, Vanderbijlpark Works
PG Geyer and Z Halifa
An overview of the design, operation, and maintenance practices relating to tap-hole management of a PGM smelting furnace
WSB van Beek, TJ Goff, PE Nel, and E Rex
Maintenance and major repairs of tap-holes and tapping spouts
LH Lindstad
Furnace tapping practice at Tronox Namakwa Sands
SG Mgenge and JD Steenkamp
The tapping process in silicon production
H Tveit, V Andersen, KH Berget, and R Jensen
Analysis and optimization of fume extraction from a ferromanganese furnace tapping operation
L Els, P Cowx, P Smith, and R Nordhagen
Tap-hole monitoring technologies
W Braun, P Gebski, R MacRosty, R Pula, A Sadri, and W Ying
Water-cooled tap-hole blocks
I McDougall
Closing your slag tap-hole
SC Essack
A short history of the development of tapping equipment
A Dienenthal
METTOP’s ionic liquid cooling technology: the safest way of furnace tapping
A Filzwieser, S Konetschnik, and E Dreyer
Tapping of PGM-Ni mattes: an industry survey
I Nolet
Teck’s KIVCET lead tapping experience
DJ Rioux, TA Moore, GJ McTeer, and DL Verhelst