Fluid-cooled holder for an electrode tip
US4291190A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 1979 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B7/101
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fluid-cooled holder for the tip of an electrode of an electric arc smelting furnace, having a cylindrical holding portion which can be secured to an electrode support arm, a metal cooling system which is secured to the holding portion and which carries a screw-threaded portion for screwing on the electrode tip, and also having a tubular heat screen which is disposed around the cooling system at a spacing and which comprises a metal tube (11, 11a) which is electrically insulated with respect to the current-carrying cooling system (3, 3a) and which can be sufficiently cooled, by way of a refractory substance (17, 17a) between the cooling system and the metal tube, for the temperature of the metal tube to be kept to a value below the softening temperature of the material of the metal tube, when the holder is used in an electric arc smelting furnace.
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