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Preheater for arc furnaces

US5898726A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1997
Grant dateApr 27, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To provide a pre-heating apparatus capable of improving the installation reliability of a raw material holding gate of a pre-heating apparatus, reducing an installation cost and reducing melting electric power energy without deteriorating an operation environment while improving the pre-heating effect on raw materials by an exhaust gas, a shaft equipped with a raw material charging portion and an exhaust gas outlet at the top thereof and with a raw material holding gate at the bottom thereof is disposed in the proximity of an arc furnace, a gap is defined between the lower end portion of the shaft and the holding gate, and an outer cylinder connecting with an exhaust gas duct of the arc furnace is disposed around the outer periphery of the gap.

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