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Device for opening the taphole of a shaft furnace

US5192489A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 1990
Grant dateMar 9, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21B7/12
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for opening the taphole of a shaft furnace by withdrawing a rod, held in the hardened sealing compound of the taphole, includes engaging a coupling device onto the end of the rod, gripping the rod using a clamp longitudinally displaceable by a hydraulic jack, pulling out the rod by a length corresponding to the stroke of the jack and repeating this operation until the rod is completely withdrawn from the taphole.

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