Rotating furnaces
US4102530A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF27D2009/0021
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A rotatable horizontal metallurgical furnace for the production of iron or steel includes cooling means at an open discharge end of the furnace. The cooling means includes an annular cooling coil surrounding the discharge end through which cooling liquid is continuously impelled, under centrifugal forces of rotation, from an annular delivery trough to an annular collecting trough.
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