Quality Assurance and Productivity Enhancement
摘要
This Chapter highlights the significance of iron ore sintering quality assurance. It starts by stressing the requirement of quality control in sinter processes to output a sintered ore that is suitable for the blast furnace. The chapter then explains some of the approaches that have been used to evaluate the quality and properties of the sinters, which include some physical and chemical tests that measure strength, porosity, and chemical composition. It then considers approaches that could enhance productivity and throughput, concentrating on process, equipment, and operational factors aimed at reducing idle time and increasing the rate of output. Also, this chapter deals with constant improvement practices that allow for increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and preserving the quality of the product of the sinter plants. Using these techniques, one can make the sinter plants operate in a way that maintains good quality coupled with good productivity, that is very good operability together with great sinter properties.