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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2001
Gerhard Fuchs, Bodersweier, DE;
Arcmet Technologie GmbH, Linz, AT;
Abstract
In a tiltable arc furnace in which a furnace vessel ( ) and a portal ( ) for an electrode lifting and pivoting apparatus are arranged on a platform ( and ) of a furnace cradle which is tiltable by a tilting apparatus and which includes two mutually spaced cradle runner skids ( ) which each run on a respective support path ( ), wherein the furnace vessel ( ) is arranged on a first platform region which is between the cradle runner skids ( ) and the portal ( ) is arranged on a second platform region which is outside the cradle runner skids ( ) the two platform regions are in the form of separate platform portions ( ) which are connected together by a hinge pivot ( ), the portal platform portion ( ) carrying the portal ( ) is supported by way of a further cradle runner skid ( ) on a further rolling path ( ) and is tiltable by the tilting apparatus synchronously with the vessel platform portion ( ) carrying the furnace vessel ( ).