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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1989
Nils H Hakulin, Espoo, FI;
Risto M Heikkila, Haparanda, SE;
Matti E Honkaniemi, Tonrio, FI;
Helge J Krogerus, Pori, FI;
Launo L Lilja, Pori, FI;
Outokumpu Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a smelting furnace, particularly a D.C. arc furnace, suited for the treatment of finely-divided material, which comprises at least three electrodes suspended through the roof in order to create the electric arc. The process material is fed in through at least one feed gate (30) arranged inside the circle orbit formed by the electrodes (4, 16, 26) suspended through the furnace roof, which feed gate (30) is provided with auxiliary members in order to create an even supply of the material into the furnace. In order to discharge the gases created in the process, there is provided at least one outlet (20) outside the circle orbit formed by the electrodes (4, 16, 26). The invention also relates to a method for feeding finely divided material into the smelting furnace. According to this method, the material is fed through the feed gate (30) in suspension, either vertically or tangentially.