Dissection of Blast Furnaces and Their Internal State

Abstract

For the purpose oj illl'estigatillg the illtemal state oj a blast Jumace ill olleratioll, H igashida No.5 B .F. ha villg the illller volume oj 646 m" was water-quenched while ill a lIormal operatillg cOlldilioll alld dissected ill 1968. This was the first attempt to dissect a commercial blast Jumace in J apall.