Tilting metallurgical unit comprising several vessels
US5882578A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 11, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF27B3/085
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A metallurgical unit for smelting metal charge material and for post-treatment of the molten metal, which is tiltable from a starting position in a positive tilting direction (8) about a tilt axis (7), includes a melting vessel (1), with a furnace hearth (12) for receiving the molten metal (13), and a treatment vessel (2) disposed laterally on the melting vessel for metallurgical treatment of the molten metal. The molten metal (13) which flows away out of the melting vessel (1) upon tilting of the unit in the positive direction (8) can be transferred into the treatment vessel (2) by way of a passage (26) connecting the furnace hearth of the melting vessel (1) to the receiving chamber of the treatment vessel (2).
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