Patent · US Expired

Metallurgical vessel

US5151243A · kind A · utility

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2References

16Claims

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Assignee

Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH & Co. · AT

Inventors

Johann Auer · St. Florian, AT
Wilfried Pirklbauer · Ansfelden, AT
Norbert Ramaseder · Linz, AT
Hellmuth Smejkal · Linz, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 1991
Grant date	Sep 29, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N1/125
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is disclosed a metallurgical vessel, such as a steelworks converter, having a refractory brick lining and a probe opening passing a wall of the vessel for introducing a measuring and/or sampling probe. In order that the probe opening will get obstructed only minimally, if at all, and possible deposits of slag will be removed easily and quickly, the probe opening is provided with a lining of graphite or a graphite/alumina mixture.

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