Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for separating a sponge iron product produced in a rotary furnace

US4389040A · kind A · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Fried Krupp · DE

Inventors

Klaus Ulrich · Heiligenhaus, DE
Wilhelm Janssen · Saterland, DE
Reinhard Herbrig · Duisburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 1982
Grant date	Jun 21, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2002

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF27B7/20
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for separating sponge iron products from the hot discharge material of a rotary furnace. A discharge chamber is connected to the rotary furnace for receiving the hot discharge material from the rotary furnace. A screen is provided at the lower end of the discharge chamber for separating the sponge iron products from the hot discharge material. The screen is attached to a support which is removably sealed to the lower end of the discharge chamber and is provided with a mechanism for displacing the support and attached screen. The support includes a discharge chute connected beneath the screen for carrying away the material which passes through the screen and is provided with cooling means.

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