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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Otto W Stenzel, Gruendau, DE;
Assignee:
Leybold Aktiengesellschaft, Hanau, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27B / ; F27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
373 77 ; 373 78 ; 432262 ; 432156 ; 266207 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for melting preferably highly reactive metals, such as titanium for example, in a vacuum melting furnace, for example a vacuum arc furnace for the remelting of metals, with one or more melting positions, a melting crucible (5, 28) being provided at each melting position, these crucibles being closed vacuum-tight after the end of the melting operation and then separated from the melting furnace, the furnace being provided with a single manipulator and by this manipulator each single crucible (5, 28) can be closed vacuum-tight by means of a separate crucible closure plate (13, 37).