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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Othmar Steipe, Linz, AT;
Harald Berger, Linz, AT;
Assignee:
Voest-Alpine Aktiengesellschaft, Linz, AT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
373-2 ; 373 18 ; 373 78 ;
Abstract
A plant for the production of steel from scrap and optionally fluxes includes a shaft furnace section having a bottom to receive a liquid sump of premelt and heating means laterally entering into the lower part of its interior. A hearth type furnace section is integrally connected with the shaft furnace section, into which the premelt is transferable from the shaft furnace section. In order to produce steel from scrap without addition of pig iron and with an energy supply as low as possible,