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Closure and regulation apparatus for a metallurgical vessel

US5686008A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Didier-Werke AG · DE

Inventors

Raimund Bruckner · Engenhahn, DE
Jose Gimpera · Wiesbaden, DE
Steve Lee · Conway, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 1996
Grant date	Nov 11, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 24, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22D41/14
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A closure and/or regulation apparatus for controlling the outflow of melt from a metallurgical vessel includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator. Additional responsive control of outflow is provided by a chamber that is part of or is connected to an outflow channel that can be connected to a vacuum generator.

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