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KVL Pittsburg District April 25, 1966 J< Aa COE^bdl * DaSaQa Hut tame* Stores A. I* Ma B. Meeting Zoppen1 Csnpoay, Zac. Pittsburgh, Ft. *0 begin with, pan will be glad to know that ve vlll receive the order from Keppers for the foar blast foneeee at Boas Bubar In tbs aaouat of appraflaately $90,000. Ujpcn ay return to the office this naming, after the A.C.8. nesting In Pvtatga, Z received the goad neve fTan Cappers purchasing Bepertaeab. Z an naet appreciative of the help you hsve given us In pexnlttlng as ta oaks op a "package* price an thle job beams# the situation,"-*?* ^g^ been entirely hapslwm If the custaaer bad evaluated ot^Sopcrex hla^^ricee directly with that of the can* petition block only. Al 1 aMlawd previously, ZueOUte Bsfructarlsa, posted their Z*2> block at price# laser then Z have ever before ca "they voUld ever receive a blagfe furnace etave order fron Xoppere". Sheir price on the ZF--20 block In this lnsteace aaounted to |.266 per bdafta coopered ta their norcnl price of $.29 per bd*ft. Bov to get an vlth natters relating to tbe develapneat of the eoqpoelte black. Firstly, Z oust correct one bit of infatuation that Z paosed on to you la ny letter of h/15* Z indicated that the "nsv Improved product nlnerel wool product" referred to la the A*ZJUS. paper van the Butolsan-fedker (Boldsla-Bhret-Blll) pratotlon. This la not correct. She black vhlch tbe speaker bad In nlad vas General Refractories block known as H-17 and which is node far than by Bsgle Flcbor. Sappers shoved aa a copy af a letter written by Anderson to IT. Georgs Zfenok of Bethlehem Steel (who Z tadorstaad la their top Blast furnace Engineer) In vhlch they replied to the question be raised at the A.ZJUS. Beetles concerning the eanufiacturer of tbe ^wv Improved block". In this letter they stated that the block they were referring to was the KB17 block but thefe usro "severe! other nanuSbcturere who could supply a crtrrtlar block". Bore la another interesting point. Za sy letter of April 15, Z aentlanod that tbe high teaperatuse stove which Xopesrs rellned at Bethlehen lAffktwmne VOrks ease peart ago vlth #450 Cenent behind the Bopere baa perfoaaed as&lsfbctarlly - ns evidence of cracked shell plates, even cct A. 0. Beiiker A. Foclus * an L* B. Blair - Flndenw ****. B. 1. VOOLey - Flnderae File 2 with tbs ancient shill. About three years ago, however, Bethlshaa Steel thaaselves relined tad stoves (about as aid *a the toppers stave) fallowing the topper's drawings except that the Supers* was applied directly ta the Khali - no hjo Qaaent was wsad. One of these two atone has davelosad a eiwiiiwi* <! exaek ahon ** hot blast ooftlst which would indicate that e cushion behind the block my have aone aarlt. toppers is quite Interested In our'dsvelspnent of a conpoalts black and have asked ne to furnish two aaqplea (6* x 12*), ana consisting of 3*1/2" thick Snperax fhoed with 2/2* of Bplnglass and the other eonalstlng of 3-l/h* Bupcrex faced with 2/h* Bplnglaes. She density of the Bplnglass Z will leave to your discretion bob perhaps yon adgxt vlah to give then aaoplca cf both densities - the 3 Xb. as well as the 6 lb. Would yon kindly send these ta ne and Z will tee that they get in the proper bends et Sappers? As Z nrattoned, tappers also feels that they nay wish ta apply far a patent an the application of a conceits block in thin servlee and Z an hopeful that we can arrange e netting of cor patent attorney1* with theirs ta discuss this setter. Whan you eons to FlfetUbtcgh next week Z haps you will be able to spend a few ban with tappers and we can discuss this in a preliminary way with then. 3. B. (krlnahsv