Heating apparatus with electrode for the conductive heating of melts

US7530238B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schott AG · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Eichholz · Frankfurt, DE
• Guido Raeke · Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, DE
• Volker Ohmstede · Mainz, DE
• Günter Weidmann · Stuttgart, DE
• Frank-Thomas Lentes · Bingen, DE
• Thomas Stelle · Mainz, DE
• Ernst-Walter Schaefer · Welgesheim, DE
• Hildegard Roemer · Karben, DE
• Joerg Schollmayer · Mainz, DE
• Holger Hunnius · Mainz, DE
• Frank-Jurgen Druschke · Bechtolsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 27, 2003
• Grant date: May 12, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P40/57
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A heating apparatus for the conductive heating of melts, in particular for the rapid melting-down, refining and/or conditioning of melts, is provided. The heating apparatus includes at least one electrode, as well as a first cooling system with a cooling power, which can be set and/or controlled variably.