Patent · US Expired

Assembly of a tapping device and a cooled inductor

US6226314A · kind A · utility

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19References

23Claims

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Assignee

Didier-Werke AG · DE

Inventors

Raimund Bruckner · Engenhahn, DE
Daniel Grimm · Schlangenbad, DE
Steve Lee · Conway, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 1999
Grant date	May 1, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B6/42
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An assembly includes a tapping device for flow therethrough of molten material and a cooled inductor to be connected to an electrical source and mounted with respect to the tapping device to be inductively coupled to one of the tapping device and the molten material flowing therethrough. The inductor includes an electrically conductive induction coil having therethrough at least one cooling passage. Each cooling passage has connected thereto at least one supply line for supply thereto of cooling fluid and at least one discharge line for discharge therefrom of the cooling fluids.

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