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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
William R Frank, Bettendorf, IA (US);
IPSCO Enterprises Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A melt shop for melting scrap steel comprises a pair of primary melting furnaces and a pair of refining facility stations. The layout for the primary melting furnaces, refining facility, associated support, and peripheral equipment and caster is a single-aisle layout with general longitudinal alignment of the major constituent elements. Scrap delivery to the primary melt furnaces may comprise trackways running perpendicular to the longitudinal layout, the discharge end of each trackway being proximate to a primary melt furnace. A single trackway is preferably provided for a pair of overhead cranes running longitudinally from the caster to the primary melt furnaces.