open-hearth process

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The open-hearth process was a steelmaking method that allowed precise control over composition and quality, enabling large-scale production of mild steel and eventually supplanting earlier techniques.

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instanceOf metallurgical process ⓘ
steelmaking process ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siemens–Martin process ⓘ
linked to: open-hearth process
combustionSystem regenerative burner system ⓘ
countryOfDevelopment France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
declinePeriod mid to late 20th century ⓘ
developedBy Carl Wilhelm Siemens ⓘ
Pierre-Émile Martin ⓘ
disadvantage high fuel consumption ⓘ
labor-intensive operation ⓘ
slow production rate ⓘ
energySource gaseous fuel ⓘ
liquid fuel ⓘ
furnaceType reverberatory furnace ⓘ
hasFeature capability to remove impurities such as carbon, silicon, and phosphorus ⓘ
large-scale batch production ⓘ
long refining times ⓘ
precise control over steel composition ⓘ
precise control over steel quality ⓘ
use of regenerative furnaces ⓘ
historicalImportance dominant steelmaking method in many countries during early 20th century ⓘ
enabled mass production of mild steel ⓘ
supported expansion of railways and construction industries ⓘ
inception 1860s ⓘ
industrialUseStart late 19th century ⓘ
lastMajorIndustrialUse late 20th century in some countries ⓘ
notableAdvantage ability to use large proportions of scrap metal ⓘ
better control of final steel composition than Bessemer process ⓘ
production of large heats of steel ⓘ
operatingTemperature about 1600 °C ⓘ
peakUsePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
supplanted Bessemer process ⓘ
puddling process ⓘ
supplantedBy basic oxygen process ⓘ
electric arc furnace steelmaking ⓘ
typicalChargeMaterials iron ore ⓘ
pig iron ⓘ
scrap steel ⓘ
typicalHeatSize tens of tons of steel per heat ⓘ
usedFor production of mild steel ⓘ
recycling scrap steel ⓘ
refining pig iron into steel ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
usesRefractoryLining acid lining ⓘ
basic lining ⓘ

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Bessemer process → replacedBy → open-hearth process ⓘ
open-hearth process → alsoKnownAs → Siemens–Martin process ⓘ
linked to: open-hearth process
Carl Wilhelm Siemens → notableWork → Siemens-Martin process ⓘ
linked to: open-hearth process
Pierre-Émile Martin → knownFor → Siemens–Martin process ⓘ
linked to: open-hearth process
Pierre-Émile Martin → developed → Siemens–Martin open-hearth furnace ⓘ
linked to: open-hearth process