| This ensures that the laden fluid is evenly distributed around the casing and therefore enters the tuyeres from all directions. |
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| Artifacts discovered here included potsherds, some tuyeres, a clay smoking-pipe, oval-shaped pieces of chalk, shells of a variety of saltwater shellfish, and mammalian bones. |
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| In particular, tuyeres in the furnace became blocked with slag. |
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| The tuyeres are used to implement a hot blast, which is used to increase the efficiency of the blast furnace. |
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| It was also necessary to devise new methods of connecting the blast pipes to the tuyeres, as leather could not longer be used. |
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| The cupola tender observes the furnace through the sight glass or peep sight in the tuyeres. |
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| It has 36 tuyeres which allow air to be blown into the furnace and four tap holes for removing the iron out of the furnace. |
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| When the coke is ignited, air is introduced to the coke bed through ports in the sides called tuyeres. |
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| On June 24, this resulted in a breakout of hot metal from one of the tuyeres, which required extensive cleanup and careful recommissioning of the furnace. |
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| The lower row of tuyeres being located in the narrow part of the shaft. |
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| As my computer's spell-check begins to a take a vacation from terms like nodularization, GFN, dendrites, tuyeres and rattails, a few parting thoughts as the whistle blows. |
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