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Baosteel Has Created a New Record in Large Blast Furnace Overhaul for Shortest Time

With the order of " Ignition of  N0.3 Blast Furnace" at 10:30 on Nov. 16, 18 blast furnace workers re ignited the fire of N0.3 Blast Furnace.  With the indication of success in overhauling  and putting into operation of N0.3 Blast Furnace and being bathed in sun shine the new  Blast Furnace starts its new journey.

Baosteel has created a new record in large blast furnace overhaul for shortest time,   highest efficiency ,less investment, safety and no ccident.

More than  400 people witnessed the  this significant moment for ignition of No.3 Blast Furnace. Those among them were Dai Zhihao, General Manager of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, Zhao Zhouli, Deputy General Manager of Baosteel Group Company ,  Zhou Jianfeng Deputy General Manager of Baosteel Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, Lin Jian Chairman of Labour Union, Chu Shuangjie, and Hou Angui, Deputy General Manager of Baosteel Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd,  and the representatives design, construction, equipment, materials, supervision and production units.    

At 10:00, the ignition relay ceremony started.  By tapping hole of No.1 Blast Furnace,   the main torch holder, Liu Kaihua could help feeling deeply stirred. He said " passing of the torch is the transmission of the spirit  in "85 ? 9" . As a young furnace superintendent, I will inherit the good style of old generation, leading the staff to produce more iron, and good iron, to run the course for furnace much more  prosperously.

At 10:05, Zhang Longlai, Deputy Director in Iron Making Plant     lit torch for relay in his  hand, and he said excitedly that quick overhaul  of No. 3 Blast Furnace of Baosteel shows the advanced level for management and technology. Its operation will greatly enhance the capacity for iron making in Baosteel.  When the torch was passed to his hand,    Ma Jianqiu   the furnace superintendent of No.3 Blast Furnace said excitedly that the new No. 3 Blast Furnace not only inherits our dreams but also carrys  our hopes.   The workers of No.3 Blast Furnace will surely  take care of ' her ', going on writing of brilliant of  ages of the furnace for the first generation, and let 'her' play a better role in  production and operation in Baosteel."

In 2011, Baosteel decided to implement the short-term quick overhaul of No. 3 Blast Furnace. Under the efforts from personnel for design, construction, supervision, equipment and production, the overhaul of No. 3 Blast Furnace was finished within just 76 days.  The leader of  Baosteel attaches great importance to the  overhaul project of  No. 3 Blast Furnace,  not only giving  guidance and help   decision making and also inspecting construction site often during overhaul period -    to understand the situation of project progress, quality and safety of construction, Condolences to overhaul the war construction personnel, to encourage everyone  to complete overhaul tasks safely with high efficiency and high quality.

To guarantee the targets of n"The overhaul of  No. 3 Blast Furnace with safety, quality and efficiency"  Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd, set up the headquarter  for overhaul, and started the work of early plotting and preparation.   For maintenance command, and carried out the early planning and preparation work. The project design aims  at the world advanced level with completely independent design adopting a series of new technology, new technology, new equipment, and scheme of overhaul has been revised several times with the effort to control the engineering investment, ensure the schedule, quality, safety for the overhaul. 

During the overhaul, Blast Furnace Project Group has cooperated with and design, project construction, equipment and production departments, innovation management, and overcomes a series of technical problems in the short construction period,  finished  successfully more than 400 items such as blast furnace volume expansion renovation, etc, creating a  record  for shortest time large blast furnace overhaul.

Zhao Zhouli said, successful  completion of the overhaul of No. 3 Blast Furnace, embodies the collective wisdom of all the units and personnel involved in the overhaul, and  this is the result  of accumulation and inheritance of   Baosteel's experience over years,  Overhaul of No. 3 Blast Furnace has realized object for project  of " safety, high quality and high efficiency ", which fully reproduces the "85 ? 9" spirit of Bao Steel. The performance will be loaded in the history  of development of Baosteel.

Source: http://www.baosteel.com/group_en/contents/2863/43119.html
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