Completing their first order for a steelmaking giant in Serbia, Woodings Industrial Corp. is ready to ship a new and uniquely designed pneumatic taphole drill for the steelmaker's blast furnace rebuild project.

The furnace is a two taphole furnace but the steelmaker wanted only one drill. Woodings has designed and built a drill to effectively service both tapholes.

With the two tapholes 90 degrees apart, the Woodings drill is able to rotate to drill at both tapholes. The Woodings taphole drill will be completely pneumatic to facilitate swinging, feedshell rotating, and drilling and feeding. The Woodings drill will feature a WFP-600 hammer and water mist drilling capability.

“Innovation is the hallmark of our approach to answering our customers' needs. This project defines that approach quite clearly. Being able to fulfill the customers request on the first order out makes it even more rewarding for us”, stated Woodings president, Rob Woodings.

About Woodings Industrial Corp. The only hot metal equipment supplier offering design, engineering, manufacturing and service from one source, Woodings Industrial Corp. is the oldest continuous family-operated business in North America’s steel industry. A worldwide leader in the manufacture of metals industry equipment, Woodings uses the most current technologies to design, engineer and manufacture an extensive line of traditional and not-so-traditional hot metal equipment, such as tap hole drills, clay guns, tuyere stocks, blast furnace valves, and specialty products for continuous casters. Woodings is the exclusive supplier of Grabe overlay components in North America and has plants at its headquarters in Mars and Harmony, Pa., along with offices in Detroit, Mich. and Gary, Ind.

For more information about Woodings Industrial Corporation, visit: http://www.woodings.com or call Al Colucci at 724-625-3131.