Microtechnologies in preparing metallurgical raw material

The situation in ferrous metallurgy in terms of raw materials preparation and its interrelation with production intensification has been revealed, on the strength of which the conclusion as to the necessity of transition from traditional technologies of raw material agglomeration to microtechnologies has been drawn. Taking into account the situation, the review of the major achievements of the Ukrainian scien-tists for the most part, has been executed in terms of raw materials preparation on the basis of which the priority directions in the field of agglomeration, characteristic of the national metallurgy have been shown. The efficiency of these methods is presented. Introduction these achievements in production makes it possible to create premises for crucial increase of the productivity increase of metallurgical units due to intensification of their processes, that is in line with perfection of metallurgy. Introduction of just some of these developments can result in 1,2-1,5 increase in the intensity of agglomeration and blast production; there being no decline in cast iron quality. The practical part of the article investigates possibility and terms, providing deep preparation of the raw materials meeting the requirements of production intensity increase and quality of products. Briquetting has been chosen as an effective method for it makes it possible to agglomerate fine-divided raw materials and pulverized production wastes, the degree of metallization being more than 99%. Getting metallized briquettes from microparticles as compared to traditional renewal of agglomerate and pellets shows that renewal processes can be intensified 20fold and more