Blast furnace

Duration: 7½min

Year Published: 1961

Creator: John Sutherland Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: Elementary treatment illustrating processes by which iron ore is smelted in a blast furnace to produce cast iron. The following aspects are covered: layout of furnace, pre-heating and other plant; raw materials used and method of charging furnace; operation of furnace; tapping of slag and molten metal; sealing tap holes; castings of molten metal into pigs.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)