konverter - metallurgias kasutatav seade terase vm metalli (nt toorvase või nikli) tootmiseks. Nüüdisaegsetes terasekonverterites - hapnikkonverterites - puhutakse terase tootmisel hapnikku metalli läbi suudme juhitud toru abil või ka läbi põhjas asuvate puhurite.
1. Notification shall cover any permanent closure, transfer or sale of complete plant, i.e. whole production units (coke oven battery, blast furnace, LD converter, electric arc furnace, etc).
2. Oxygen was first introduced to achieve the necessary refining in 1952. This method is referred to as the LD (Linz Donawitz) process. The iron is converted into steel by blowing pure oxygen into the molten iron through a water-cooled lance, which is vertically submerged in the converter.
