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Method for heating molten metal using heated baffle

US6066289A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 14, 1998
Grant dateMay 23, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/25
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of heating a body of molten metal passing through a treatment bay. The method comprises providing a body of molten metal in a treatment bay and providing a baffle heater in the treatment bay to contact the molten metal. The baffle heater is comprised of a member fabricated from a material substantially inert to the molten metal, the member containing at least one heating element receptacle. An electric heating element is positioned in the receptacle for heating the member, the element protected from the molten metal by the material constituting the member.

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