Production process

Study the vocabulary from the list. Then check your progress the VOCABULARY QUIZ.
Production process vocabulary list
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bulk - volně sypaný
scrap - šrot, staré železo
lance - přívodní trubka (na dmýchání kyslíku do pece),
to blow - vhánět, dmýchat, foukat
to charge - plnit, nakládat
eliminate - odstranit, vyřadit
lime - vápno, oxid vápenatý
slag - struska, škvára
ladle - licí pánev
to tilt - naklonit, naklápět
tip - špička, hrot, překlopení, převrácení
sampling - vzorkování, odběr vzorku
tapping - odpich surového železa
slagging - stahování, vypouštění strusky
teaming - odvoz na vozících
flux - tavidlo
to flux - přidávat tavidlo
pig iron - surové železo
molten iron - roztavené / tekuté železo
blast furnace - vysoká pec
basic oxygen furnace - konvertor, Bessemerův konvertor (Bessemer converter = basic oxygen furnace)
electric arc furnace - elektrická oblouková pec

Listening. After visiting Škoda Power you were interested in seeing the steel production process. Your host has arranged a visit to Pilsen Steel for you. Before the visit he explained the basic steel production process.
Listen to the recording and put the seven steps into the correct order.
Then complete the text. Use the verbs in brackets. When you finish check your answers in the BASIC STEEL PRODUCTION quiz.
First, scrap _________________ (charge) into the converter and then the hot metal ______________ (add). This _________________ (follow) by blowing with oxygen. After this fluxes ____________________ (charge) into the furnace. The melt _____________(test).
If the tests ____________(be) satisfactory, the melt _________________ (tap) and _______________(team).

Pozor
Do you remember present simple passive?
Fill in the missing verbs in present active or passive. Use the verbs from the box. Then listen the recording in the LISTENING - BLAST FURNACE and check your answers.
blow, cause, flow, cool, know, charge, remove, collect

The blast furnace __________________ with iron ore, coke and limestone. Air ______________ in at the bottom of the furnace using bellows powered by a water wheel. The bellows _______________ the temperature in the furnace to rise up to 1300°C. Molten iron _______________at the bottom of the blast furnace, underneath a layer of slag. The slag ____________________ via a pipe and the molten iron _____________through a channel and into a bed of sand called a pig bed. Once it _____________, this metal _____________as a pig iron.

Describe the process of producing steel as if you are just walking around with your visitor. Use the diagram below. Use present simple (passive). Use sequencers: first, after that/this, then, finally … Publish your description in the STEEL PRODUCTION forum.
Steel production

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