Smelting unit with furnace rocking cradle
US5393037A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF27D1/1816
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A smelting unit having a furnace vessel (11) which is mounted on a furnace rocking cradle (13) and which can be closed by a cover (12), and bar electrodes (28) which can be lowered into the furnace vessel (11) and which can be raised and lowered by means of electrode lift devices (30), in which the electrode lift devices (30) are carried by a portal assembly (31). In a lowered position the portal assembly (31) lies on a support holder (33) of the vessel substructure (14) or the furnace rocking cradle (13) respectively and in that position can be tilted with the furnace vessel (11). It can be released from the furnace vessel (11) and pivoted to the side by a lift post (43) of a stationary lifting/pivoting mechanism (40). When the unit has two vessels which are arranged side-by-side, the bar electrodes can be associated alternately with one vessel or the other by means of the lifting/pivoting mechanism (40).
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