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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Ioannis Giannoulidis, Certosa di Pavia, IT;
Angelico Della Negra, Povoletto, IT;
Matteo Vittorio Losciale, Udine, IT;
Abstract
Loading system for an electric arc furnace (,) includes a loading station (,), a pre-heating station (,) and a pick-up and moving device (,) provided with an arm (,) rotating on a circumference on which the furnace (,), the loading station (,) and the pre-heating station (,) lie. The loading station (,) being distanced from the pre-heating station (,), the loading element (,) being suitable to be located in or removed from each of the loading (,) and pre-heating (,) stations. The manipulator arm (,) also is suitable to be moved vertically to move the loading element (,) between the loading station (,), the pre-heating station (,) and a position above the furnace (,), in the pre-heating station (,) the container (,) being suitable to cooperate with the air-tight cover (,) and at the lower part with a combustion chamber (,) The air-tight cover (,) is movable both vertically and rotatably on a horizontal plane, the fume-discharge conduit (,) being at least partly coaxial with the axis of rotation of the air-tight cover (,).