Woodings Delivers First Battery Powered Tuyere Carts THEY KEEP GOING AND GOING AND….

 

(Mars, PA)---With the introduction of a battery-powered tuyere cart, Woodings Industrial has yet again created another “first” for the metal making machinery industry.

At the request of Severstal Sparrows Point, Woodings designed and built the battery powered tuyere cart for the steelmaker’s blast furnace facility.  Severstal needed the carts to move blowpipe assemblies but wanted to eliminate the long hoses of traditionally air over hydraulic-driven carts, so they asked Woodings to come up with a better idea.

Woodings took up the challenge and began consulting with major manufacturers of low voltage motors and batteries in an effort to find a workable way to apply parallel technology to power the heavy duty tuyere carts.

The result is a strong, reliable tuyere cart that can be easily operated without the need for pneumatics and the accompanying cumbersome hoses.  The battery-powered tuyere cart is driven by a 60 volt DC motor that drives a hydraulic pump that powers all the cart’s motions. A set of five batteries are included on the cart. Battery charger is included in order to recharge the batteries after each use. Battery life is calculated based on 16 hour down day prior to needing recharging.

“Applying innovative thinking is something we like to do for all of our customers but this challenge was way outside the box.   It was exciting and gratifying to be able to respond to Severstal’s request with an equipment innovation that answers the need for convenience, efficiency and reliability,” 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 engineering 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 and Gary, Ind.


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