Heating – Processes of heating or heater operation – Controlling flame position or work atmosphere
Patent
1984-02-08
1985-09-24
Camby, John J.
Heating
Processes of heating or heater operation
Controlling flame position or work atmosphere
34 36, 432 26, 432 37, 432198, F27B 904, F27B 322, F27B 504, F26B 300
Patent
active
045430608
ABSTRACT:
A continuous heat treatment furnace has an entrance, a preheat zone, a thermal treatment zone, a cooling zone and an exit. Curtains are provided at the entrance and exit respectively. Nitrogen and hydrogen (or other reducing gas) are supplied to the furnace to create a non-oxidizing or reducing atmosphere in the thermal treatment and cooling zones. Elongate workpieces such as tubes are advanced through the furnace and thereby heat treated (e.g. annealed). As the workpieces pass through the curtains so the tendency for air to leak into the furnace is increased. To counteract this tendency, position sensing plates are adapted to actuate a signal generator controlling a valve which in turn controls flow of e.g. nitrogen to the furnace. The arrangement is such that the flow of nitrogen to the furnace is increased wherever a workpiece is sensed, thereby enabling the essentially reducing or non-oxidizing character of the atmosphere to be sustained. If desired, the oxygen potential in the vicinity of the furnace entrance and exit can alternatively be monitored and used to modulate the flow of gas into the furnace.
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Camby John J.
Cassett Larry R.
Rae David L.
The BOC Group plc
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