Ferrousity’s CEO, Bill Penn has worked on over 40 insurance claims, mainly identifying cause of failure. Most of this expert forensic work has been conducted in the metals sector, including iron and steel plants, coke direct reduction (DRI), ferroalloys such as copper nickel, ferro nickel and ilmenite smelting. We have particular expertise in refractories and smelter and furnace failure investigations.
The following case studies show typical examples of the assignments undertaken.
Blast Furnace Failures
Failure of Ferro-Alloy Smelters
Failure of DRI Plants
Failure of Intergrated Steel Plant Equipment
Coke Oven Plant Damage
