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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Sms Group Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Steffen Krausa, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
William Todd Zeisler, Mars, PA (US);
Paul Debski, Wilkinsburg, PA (US);
Hans-Jürgen Odenthal, Mettmann, DE;
Peter Starke, Duisburg, DE;
Richard Cook, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael J. Kaltenbach, Newcastle, PA (US);
SMS group GmbH, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A device () for drying and/or preheating metallic and/or non-metallic materials, preferably scrap, comprises a receiving container () and a scrap basket () which is arranged in the receiving container () and has a gas-permeable bottom area (). The receiving container () has at least one process gas inlet line () in its wall (), via which a process gas with a temperature in the range from 200 to 1600° C. can be introduced into the receiving container (), and at least an injector nozzle () arranged coaxially within the at least one process gas inlet line () via which a cooling gas can be introduced into the process gas.