It is supplied with air blown thrown the tuyeres, L, on two opposite sides in the usual way; and as the metal is melted and refined, it is run out direct into the two puddling furnaces by the ...

This process we stated consisted in obviating the necessity of puddling, by mixing pulverized ore with the crude metal as it runs from the smelting furnace. The process is conducted at the works ...

The development of the blast furnace allowed for the mass production of iron and steel, fuelling the industrial revolution and transforming economies. The puddling process, developed in the late ...