Plasma-arc melting furnace

Details Plasma-arc melting furnace Plasma-arc melting furnace

1978-06-29

1981-04-21

Envall, Jr., Roy N.

13 33, H05H 100, H05B 700

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042634687

ABSTRACT:
Plasma-arc furnace for continuously melting metals, particularly for melting down recovered light-metal scrap, comprising a trough-shaped melting vessel with a substantially vertical stack thereabove, a feeding device above the stack for feeding in materials to be melted, a sump below the vessel and a charge chute between the vessel and the sump, with at least two plasma-arc burners so arranged that base points of their arcs are within an area of transition from the chute to the sump, a stirring device, removing means for molten metal, and means for scrubbing and cleaning exhausted plasma gas so that the latter can be discharged into the atmosphere.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3558791 (1971-01-01), Grachev et al.
patent: 3999979 (1976-12-01), Outhwaite et al.
patent: 4033562 (1977-07-01), Collin

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