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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Afshin Sadri, Woodbridge, CA;
Pawel B. Gebski, Mississauga, CA;
Bert O. Wasmund, Mississauga, CA;
Nils W. Voermann, Mississauga, CA;
Afshin Sadri, Woodbridge, CA;
Pawel B. Gebski, Mississauga, CA;
Bert O. Wasmund, Mississauga, CA;
Nils W. Voermann, Mississauga, CA;
Hatch Ltd., Mississauga, ON, CA;
Abstract
Some metallurgical furnaces have a tapblock that is blocked during operation of the furnace. The tapblock may be opened by lancing, drilling, tapping or by other methods to release metal from the furnace. By monitoring acoustic emissions during the opening process, feedback may be provided to improve the opening process and to avoid excessive damage to the tapblock, the cooling elements, a refractory lining of the tapblock or other elements of the metallurgical furnace.