Oxygen impulse technology: from experiment to large-scale industrial use

thyssenkrupp AT.PRO tec GmbH is well known for the development of the sequence impulse process. When applied to cupola furnaces, it significantly improved their cost-effectiveness in the past. Over more than 10 years of development work in partnership with Schubert & Salzer, Rainer Klock and the team at AT.PRO tec succeeded in adapting the SIP technology for use in blast furnaces as well, with the aid of sliding gate valves. The story of a researcher on his journey to becoming a plant manufacturer.