Melting scrap metal and ingestion of solids in molten metal
US4704162A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 1986 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S266/901
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Solid scrap metal particles are ingested into molten metal by use of a linear induction motor which establishes a strong upstream in the molten metal adjacent one boundary wall to establish a standing wave at the surface and a corresponding downstream adjacent the opposite boundary, which is preferably in the form of a baffle having a metal outlet passage beneath it. The linear induction motor is conveniently positioned at a sidewell of a melting furnace and a continuous flow of molten metal through the sidewell is established in any convenient way.
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