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Alf Lundström

Jan-Erik Eriksson

Bengt Rydholm

Tord Kroon

Erik Svensson

Helmut Hackl

Olof Sjödén

Tord Lindblad

A furnace plant including at least one furnace vessel comprising side walls, a bottom and a roof. At least one heater is configured to heat metal in the furnace vessel. A compartment includes sidewalls lined with refractory material. The compartment forms an extension of the furnace vessel. At least one electromagnetic stirrer is arranged outside and adjacent to the compartment. A refractory plate is arranged inside the compartment. The refractory plate includes an upper edge configured to be positioned below a meniscus of molten metal and includes a lower edge positioned spaced apart from a bottom of the compartment. The plate is arranged such that a gap between the plate and a wall of the compartment increases toward the bottom of the compartment.

Device for submerging material into liquid metal by an electromagnetic stirrer

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Västerås, Sweden

Alf Lundström