torpedo car (English spelling) torpedocar

Japanese: torpedo car(英語表記)torpedocar
torpedo car (English spelling) torpedocar

…The mixer was very popular during the heyday of the open hearth furnace, and became larger as steelmaking shifted to converter furnaces. In recent years, modern large-scale integrated steelworks have increasingly adopted the torpedo car system, which is more economical in terms of efficiency and equipment and operating costs, instead of the traditional ladle-mixer system, for transporting and storing molten iron. The torpedo car is a large-capacity (250-400 ton storage capacity) molten iron transport vessel with excellent heat retention, and is made up of a furnace body lined with firebricks placed on top of two carts. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "torpedo car" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…混銑炉は平炉全盛時代に非常に普及し,転炉製鋼に移行するにつれ大型化した。近年の新鋭大型一貫製鉄所における溶銑の輸送,貯蔵のためには,従来の取鍋(とりべ∥とりなべ)‐混銑炉方式に代わって,能率ならびに設備費や作業費の点から比較的経済的である混銑車(トーピードカーtorpedo car)方式がより多く採用されるようになっている。混銑車は保温力の優れた大容量(貯銑容量250~400t)の溶銑輸送容器であり,2台の台車の上に耐火煉瓦で内張りした炉体をのせた構造になっている。…

※「torpedo car」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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