Experimental Iron Smelt DATA

Series from 2001 through 2008
DATE # TEAM TYPE MATERIAL DIAMETER HEIGHT TUYERE ANGLE DISTANCE BLOWER VOLUME ORE AMOUNT CHARCOAL TIME BLOOM YIELD QUALITY
cm cm degrees from base ( A ) L / MIN kg kg w/o preheat kg %
 
Jun-01 1 Parks Canada Boxed Bowl stone 35 x 30 square 50 steel pipe slightly up 5 NDB 130 LAM Bog 8 8 2:00   prills only
 
May-02 2/D2 DARC Boxed Bowl stone 30 x 30 square 40 steel pipe slightly up - NDB 100 St Lunaire Bog 6 22 8:00   slag mass only
 
Jun-03 3/D2 DARC Medium Shaft clay cobb 27 to 24 90 steel pipe -15 20 VAC - Virginia Rock 8 50 4:30   slag mass only
 
Jun-04 4/D3 DARC Boxed Short Shaft clay 25 to 20 50 steel pipe -15 2 various - Virginia Rock 7 19 6:00   slag mass only
Oct-04 5 Early Iron 1 Short Shaft clay cobb 28 60 steel pipe -15 15 NDB 130 Virginia Rock 8 23 4:00   pre bloom 'mother'
Oct-04 6/D4 DARC Econo Norse fire brick 30 70 steel pipe -20 20 VAC 550 Virginia Rock 8 25 5:30 2 25 cast iron
 
Feb-05 7 G of 4 Econo Norse fire brick 25 60 copper -20 18 VAC 815 Virgina Rock 35 85 7:00 6.5 19 workable iron *
Feb-05 8 Petty Econo Norse fire brick 25 60 copper -20 18 VAC 815 Virginia Rock 28 85 7:00 7.5 27 workable iron *
May-05 9 OABA Econo Norse fire brick 25 60 steel pipe -20 20 various - Taconite 21.3 67 7:30 9.5 (E) 45 (?) low carbon iron
Jun-05 10/D5 DARC Short Shaft clay cobb 25 60 steel pipe -20 16 UB / VAC 600 E Taconite 10.9 38 5:30 3 28 workable iron *
Sep-05 11/D6 DARC Short Shaft clay cobb 25 60 steel pipe -20 24 UB / VAC - Taconite 10.9 47 9:00 2 E 4 (?) cast iron *
Oct-05 12 Early Iron 2 Flue Tyle tile 25 x 25 60 copper -20 24 VAC 1000 E Virginia Rock 16 + 50 + 7:30 3.4 21 mild' carbon iron
Oct-05 13/D7 DARC Boxed Short Shaft clay cobb 25 60 ceramic tube -25 16 VAC 775 Virginia Rock 19.7 79.5 6:15 4.3 22 workable iron *
 
Feb-06 14 Black Rock Econo Norse fire brick 25 60 ceramic tube -22.5 20 VAC 775 Taconite 30.5 107 7:15 13.6 48 low carbon iron
Mar-06 15 Williams, Sargent Medium Shaft clay cob 35 to 30 84 ceramic tube -22.5 15 VAC 740 Hematite 45.5 84 4:45 22 48 high carbon
Mar-06 16 Williams, Sargent Short Shaft clay cobb 35 to 30 60 ceramic tube -22.5 15 VAC 740 Hematite 45.5 66 4:45 20 44 high carbon
June-06 17/D8 DARC Short Shaft clay cobb 25 65 ceramic tube -22.5 7 VAC 970 Virginia Rock 18 87 8:00 1.5 8 cast iron
Sept-06 18/ D9 DARC Boxed Short Shaft clay cobb 28 to 18 oval 60 ceramic tube -22.5 UB Virginia Rock 10.5 59 6:15 (1?) 10 (?) cast iron
Oct-06 19 Short Shaft clay cobb 20 65 ceramic tube -22.5 7 VAC 700 Minden Bog 8.9 36 4:45 0.7 8 cast iron lumps
Oct-06 20 Sargent Flue Tyle tile 28 square 60 ceramic tube -20 15 blower 1000 E Virginia Rock 45.5 60 5:00 8.2 18 soft iron
Nov-06 21/D10 DARC Banked Short Shaft clay cobb 25 65 ceramic tube -22.5 10 VAC 1060 Virginia Rock 21 29 2:20 none - gromps only
Nov-06 22 Banked Short Shaft clay cob 25 65 ceramic tube -22.5 10 VAC 1060 Virginia Rock + gromps 19 51 2:30 6.8 35 soft iron
 
June-07 23 (course) Econo-Norse fire brick 25 60 ceramic tube -22.5 23 VAC 800 Hematite 22.5 63.5 4:00 12.5 55 medium carbon
June-07 (A) 24/D11 DARC Banked Short Shaft clay cobb 25 60 +20 ceramic tube -15 14 VAC 900 Virginia Rock (poor) 23.3 56.5 5:00 0.9 4 soft iron
June-07 (B) 25/D12 DARC Banked Short Shaft clay cobb 25 60 +20 ceramic tube -15 14 VAC 900 Virginia Rock (poor) + Hematite 50/50 23.9 42 3:15 3.1 13 soft iron
Oct-07 26 Peterson Banked Short Shaft clay slab + stone 20 to 25 62 ceramic tube -22.5 15 VAC 500 - 800 Taconite 12.3 54 5:45 6 48 soft iron
Oct-07 27/D13 DARC Banked Short Box stone slab 25 x 35 square 63 ceramic tube -25 / -10 VAC 410 Hematite + Virigina (poor) seed charge 12.3 41 4:45 2 16 high carbon, poorly sintered
Nov-07 28 (course) Short Shaft clay cobb 25 72 ceramic tube -22.5 10 VAC 750 Taconite 18.2 60 4:30 5.5 24 soft iron (some carbon)
                                     
March-08 29 Keen, Williams Medium Shaft clay cobb w bellows plate 30 105 blow hole ? blower ? Virginia Rock 23 45 4:30 5.5 24 soft iron (some carbon)
March-08 30 Keen Medium Shaft clay cobb w bellows plate 30 105 blow hole ? blower ? DARC Dirt 1 30.2 60 5:30 1.7 5 high carbon
March-08 31 Keen, Williams Medium Shaft clay cobb w bellows plate 30 105 blow hole -22 10 blower ? Virginia Rock 59.5 68 6:00 7.2 13 + soft iron
April-08 32/D14 Cook, Peterson Econo Norse fire brick 20 70 ceramic tube -20 15 blower 450 - 365 DARC Dirt 1 18 34 4:30 2 11 soft iron
April-08 33 Espelund Medium Shaft clay cobb 25 used 88 steel pipe -20 10 Denmark VAC ? Guldager 15 13 2:25 -11.5 n/a iron rich slag only
May-08 34 Espelund Medium Shaft clay cobb 25 used 88 steel pipe -20 10 Denmark VAC ? iron rich slag 7.75 12 2:25 - - no iron produced
May-08 35 Medium Shaft clay cobb 25 113 steel pipe -22.5 12 Denmark VAC ? Heltborg (8.2) Swedish (5.2) Guldager (1.8) 15.2 20 3:30 1.8 12 fragmented in slag block
June -08 36/D15 DARC Banked Short Shaft clay cobb 23 to 26 65 ceramic tube -22.5 11 blower 640 - 790 DARC Dirt 1 20 30 3:20 1.9 12 soft iron
Sept-08 37 Cook Short Shaft clay cobb 25 65 +20 ceramic tube -22.5 20 blower 800 Williamsburg Rock 35 67 6:00 9.5 32 soft iron
Oct-08 38/D16 Cook, Peterson Banked Short Shaft clay cobb + bellows plate 22 65 +20 blow hole, ceramic tube -15 / 10 blower ? Virginia Rock (poor) + Taconite 23 48 6:00 4.9 18 soft iron
Nov-08 39/D17 DARC Banked Short Shaft clay cobb + bellows plate 24 to 26 66 +20 blow hole -25 blower ? Virginia Rock (poor) (8.4) + Hematite (15.4) 23 48 5:05 3.2 14 soft iron (some carbon)

Last Updated on 1/26/09
By Darrell Markewitz