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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Dario Locatelli, Milan, IT;
Silvio Maria Reali, Milan, IT;
Paolo Argenta, Milan, IT;
TENOVA S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A system and equipment to measure and control the feeding of load material into an electrical arc furnace (EAF) includes an automatic control device feeding the load material; a measuring device positioned between the EAF and the tilting platform that includes an upper plate adapted to slide against the EAF, a lower plate engaged to the tilting platform, and a ring structure therebetween having a peripheral ring wall, a ring plate extending across the ring structure, and a contact member coupled to the ring plate that upperly contacts the upper plate and lowerly approaches, without contacting the lower plate; and one or more sensors measuring a deformation of the ring plate upon application of a load on the upper plate.