Efficiency boost: thyssenkrupp launches innovative SIP blast furnace technology
- Blast furnace in Duisburg uses new oxygen technology SIP
- Process increases furnace efficiency and reduces costs
- Technology to be marketed worldwide
thyssenkrupp has equipped the "Schwelgern 1" blast furnace in Duisburg with a new technology: The so-called SIP process ("sequence pulse process with induced shock waves") helps increase efficiency in the furnace – both within the company and worldwide by marketing the technology.