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Raw Materials
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Smelting
Refining and
Casting
Environmental
Controls
Maintenance
Engineering
Controls
OSHA Lead Requirements...
Controls

Receiving and Storage
Battery Breaking/Separating
Charge Preparation
Handling and Transport

Blast Furnace
Reverbatory Furnace

Refining
Casting
Drossing

Waste Water Controls
Dust Collection Systems

Local Exhaust Ventilation Diagrams
Supplied Air Islands
Process Controls

Protective Work Clothing and Equipment
Housekeeping
Hygiene Facilities

Smelting

The smelting process is a major source of lead fume emissions. Smelting involves the reduction of lead-bearing scrap into metallic lead in a furnace. Each furnace is designed and operated to produce a certain lead product. The following furnaces are the most common types of smelting furnaces used in the industry:

Blast Furnace
Reverberatory Furnace

Lead tap at reverberatory furnace

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