Title:DIE ROHEISENGEWINNUNG IN EINEM DEUTSCHEN HUTTENWERK [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 36
Other titles:THE PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON IN A GERMAN FOUNDRY [Translation]
KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
Summary: Film shot at the Friedrich Alfred (Krupp) foundry at Rheinhausen describes with the aid of titles the production of pig iron.
Description: I. Rhine barges transport iron ore to the wharf beside the giant foundry and rolling mill complex at Rheinhausen. Cranes scoop ore into bunkers. Rock-blasting for limestone. (End of Part 1) Part 2 opens with view of blast furnace and water-cooling system. Furnaces charged with ore and coke from the bunkers.
II. [Presumed gap in film ]. Foundry scenes. Light engine transports pig iron to foundry. Cooling process. Production of blast furnace cement bricks from the slag generated during the transformation of iron ore into pig iron.
III. [Continuation of Part 2]. Charger trucks reach furnace mouth. Coke charged onto rotating feeder. Hot-blast stoves for heating furnace. View of burner. How hot blast reaches furnace through jets. Worker observes furnace. Part 3. Furnace mouth gases include iron-bearing particles which are put into trucks and turned into bricks and stacked outside. Preparation of channel at taphole of furnace, opened by pneumatic hammer allowing molten ore to pour out.
Alternative Title:THE PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON IN A GERMAN FOUNDRY [Translation]
KRUPP COLLECTION [Series Title]
