Abstract:
This disclosure includes an electric arc furnace including a body comprising an eccentric bottom tap-hole (EBT) which connects an inner surface of the body to an outer surface of the body, and a tilting device which tilts the body of the electric arc furnace to an electric arc furnace tilting angle, wherein an angle of the EBT through the body is greater than 0° and less than 50°, wherein the angle of the EBT through the body is defined with 103 respect to an axis that is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the body. This disclosure includes a process of tapping the electric arc furnace, whereby the electric arc furnace containing a molten metal is tilted at an electric arc furnace tilting angle that is substantially equal to the angle of the EBT, and the molten metal is tapped into a vessel through the EBT.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for regulating the flow rate and for slowing down melt streams through magnetic fields in the tapping of metallurgical containers such as blast furnaces and melt furnaces. The method is characterized in that the melt stream is routed in a closed routing element using at least two magnetic fields disposed in series one after the other in the flow direction of the melt, said magnetic fields having a constant polarity opposite to one another, in such a way that the magnetic field lines transversally penetrate the melt flow across the entire cross section thereof and such that opposite voltages are induced in the melt stream by the magnetic fields, there being at least three eddy current fields produced thereby in the melt stream that are disposed axially one after the other, and that due to the interactions between the magnetic fields and the eddy currents forces are generated that can be used to reduce the flow rate of the melt stream.
Abstract:
The pouring spout changer according to the invention is characterised in that it is provided with a dummy plate (14) for closing the casting channel of the casting device in an emergency. The dummy plate (14) can be brought into the closed position by the same actuation member (11) by means of which a worn pouring spout (21) is replaced by a new pouring spout (22) during normal operation. The changing device can also be used as a casting nozzle changer, preferably with a nozzle gripper for removing the worn casting nozzles.
Abstract:
A taphole structure of a melting furnace includes: a sleeve made of a fire-resistant brick, which is disposed inside a tapping hole provided in a furnace wall brick; and a ramming material which fills a gap between the sleeve and the tapping hole for fixing the sleeve. In addition, a repair method of the taphole which has expanded due to wear of a first ramming material during tapping, includes: forming a dismantled surface having a straight line shape by dismantling and removing a worn portion of the first ramming material in a straight line from an outer surface side toward an inner surface side of a furnace wall; and then filling a second ramming material into a gap between the dismantled surface having the straight line shape and a first sleeve for sealing.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a tapping channel (1) for draining iron and metal melts and liquid slags from metallurgical containers such as blast furnaces (2) and melt furnaces. The tapping channel (1) is formed by an outer pipe (3) and an inner pipe (4) disposed therein in an axially displaceable manner, wherein the outer pipe (3) is rigidly connected to the refractory lining (5) of the furnace (2) and wherein both pipes (3, 4) comprise a highly refractory material.
Abstract:
An automatic dross processing system has a pivotably-mounted reaction vessel and a vertically movable motor and impeller. A microprocessor controls the operation of the motor and a series of actuators that move the motor vertically, move a probe that removes a plug to drain collected metal from the reaction vessel, and move the reaction vessel between a loading-and-processing position and a dumping position. The microprocessor coordinates the actions of these elements to complete a dross processing cycle to recover metal from a dross without requiring the attention of an operator throughout the process. The reaction vessel can have an inner shell and an outer shell that are bolted together with a gap therebetween to accommodate insulation, which can include a felt overlying one or more pieces of rigid material. A drain tube can be attached to the inner shell by an accordion-like structure to reduce thermal stresses in service.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a tapping channel (1) for a metallurgical furnace, particularly for an electro-reducing furnace, comprised of at least one tapping brick (10, 11, 12) and of a cooling device in the vicinity of the tapping channel (1). The cooling device is provided in the form of a sleeve (14), which indirectly cools a tapping brick (2) and which at least partially surrounds the furnace wall (3) in the vicinity thereof.
Abstract:
A sliding nozzle unit in which a face pressure load is released by inserting a cotter into a press member provided in an open close metal frame and sliding the cotter on an inclination block provided on the side face of a sliding metal frame thereby flexing a resilient body through the press member. The inclination block is spaced apart from the nozzle hole of a sliding plate on the longitudinal side face of the sliding metal frame. Inclining face of the inclination block is formed to become lower toward the direction for fully closing the nozzle hole and a stop member is provided on the longitudinal side face of the sliding metal frame, in the vicinity of nozzle hole of the sliding plate, so that the nozzle hole is not fully opened under a state where the cotter is inserted into the press member. Alternatively, the inclination block may be disposed closely to the nozzle hole in the longitudinal side face of the sliding metal frame, the inclining face of the inclination block is formed to become lower toward the direction for fully opening the nozzle hole and a stop member may be provided to be closer to the full close side than the inclination block, and on the longitudinal side face of the sliding metal frame so that the nozzle hole is not fully opened under a state where the cotter is inserted into the press member.