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The Maxhütte steelworks in Sulzbach Rosenberg
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The Maxhütte in Sulzbach Rosenberg has been closed in September 2002. The plant is a unique technical monument, as it contains all productional steps from iron ore to finished profiles in a relatively compact space, starting with raw iron production in blast furnaces, continuing with a basic oxygen facility for steelmaking and finishing with a continuous casting facility and rolling mills. The Maxhütte was equipped with unique and rare installations: the blast furnaces were still charged with buckets, the converters applied the OBM method, i.e. argon and oxygen were injected into the converter from the bottom, and the still existing steam engines are outstanding and among the world's most powerful engines of that type.

steel mill Maxhütte
steel mill Maxhütte
steel mill Maxhütte
steel mill Maxhütte
steel mill Maxhütte: raw material silo
steel mill Maxhütte: raw material silo
charging bucket transporter
charging bucket transporter
charging bucket elevator
charging bucket elevator
steel mill Maxhütte: blast furnace section
steel mill Maxhütte: blast furnace section
no 3 blast furnace
no 3 blast furnace
cooling system
cooling system
no 3 blast furnace
no 3 blast furnace
Cowper stoves
Cowper stoves
Cowper stoves
Cowper stoves
steel mill Maxhütte: blast furnace section
steel mill Maxhütte: blast furnace section
casthouse
casthouse
tools at the casthouse
tools at the casthouse
wheel-barrow at the casthouse
wheel-barrow at the casthouse
ladle shop (former blower house)
ladle shop (former blower house)
converter building
converter building
converter building
converter building
converter building
converter building
crane
crane
converter (Voest Alpine)
converter (Voest Alpine)
converter (Voest Alpine)
converter (Voest Alpine)
steel mill Maxhütte: mixer
steel mill Maxhütte: mixer
ladle shop
ladle shop
steel mill Maxhütte: rolling mill
steel mill Maxhütte: rolling mill
steel mill Maxhütte: rolling mill
steel mill Maxhütte: rolling mill
steel mill Maxhütte: steam engine
steel mill Maxhütte: steam engine
steel mill Maxhütte: cooling tower
steel mill Maxhütte: cooling tower
steel mill Maxhütte: cooling tower
steel mill Maxhütte: cooling tower
steel mill Maxhütte: cooling tower
steel mill Maxhütte: cooling tower

This section pictures the process from ore to sectional steel using the photographs of Markus Grünthaler, who worked at the Maxhütte for many years. I would like to express my deep respect and gratitude to him and his colleagues, who stand up for the preservation of the Maxhütte.

ore storage area
ore storage area
charging car
charging car
blast furnace
blast furnace
tapping the blast furnace
tapping the blast furnace
mixer
mixer
charging converter no 1
charging converter no 1
tapping converter 3
tapping converter 3
S32 continuous casting
S32 continuous casting
steam engine 850 rolling mill
steam engine 850 rolling mill
850 rolling mill
850 rolling mill
cooling plant
cooling plant
You will find Markus' thoughts and remembrances about his work on the Maxhütte (in German language) at  Konverterabstich   Vertikalaufzug 


©   Harald Finster, Gulpener Str. 26, 52074 Aachen, Germany   industrial photography
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