Thimble for cyclone separator
AssigneeWahl Refractory Solutions, LLC
InventorGilles Mercier
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Abstract
A thimble assembly for a cyclone separator comprising a plurality of carrier brackets separately mountable on a shelf of the separator along the perimeter of a circular exhaust opening, a plurality of segments vertically successively suspended from the brackets, the segments of an upper row being joined to the brackets, the segments of each successive lower row being joined to the segments of row immediately above, each bracket exclusively serving a chord of an arc concentric with the circular opening that is substantially the same in length as the chord of an arc that a segment spans, a center-to-center chordal spacing of adjacent brackets being the same as a center-to-center distance of an adjacent pair of segments.
Claims19
A thimble assembly for a cyclone separator, the thimble assembly comprising a plurality of mounting brackets mounted on a shelf of the separator along the perimeter of a circular exhaust opening, a plurality of segments vertically successively suspended from the brackets, the segments of an upper row being joined to the brackets, the segments of each successive lower row being joined to the segments of a row immediately above, each bracket exclusively serving a first portion of the perimeter, each first portion having a first length, each segment of the upper row exclusively serving a second portion of the perimeter, each second portion having a second length, the first length being the same as the second length, each segment having a steel core encased in a refractory, wherein said steel core is a plate bent into two planes at a central vertical line, wherein the thimble assembly is adapted and configured for installation on the cyclone separator.
A thimble assembly for a cyclone separator, the thimble assembly comprising a plurality of mounting brackets mounted on a shelf of the separator along the perimeter of a circular exhaust opening, a plurality of segments vertically successively suspended from the brackets, the segments of an upper row being joined to the brackets, the segments of each successive lower row being joined to the segments of a row immediately above, each bracket exclusively serving a first portion of the perimeter, each first portion having a first length, each segment of the upper row exclusively serving a second portion of the perimeter, each second portion having a second length, the first length being the same as the second length, each segment having a steel plate core encased in a refractory, wherein said steel plate core is bent into two flat planes that are displaced a small angle from each other, wherein the thimble assembly is adapted and configured for installation on the cyclone separator.
A kit for constructing a circular thimble for a cyclone separator, the kit comprising a plurality of mounting brackets and a plurality of segments, each mounting bracket having a base extending in a plane, the plurality of segments being of a number at least three times the number of mounting brackets, each segment having a steel core encased in a refractory, the steel core being a plate bent into two planes at a central vertical line, wherein the plurality of mounting brackets and the plurality of segments are adapted and configured to provide the circular thimble for installation on the cyclone separator.
A thimble assembly, the thimble assembly being installed on a cyclone separator along a perimeter of an exhaust opening of the separator, the thimble assembly comprising a plurality of mounting brackets and a plurality of segments, the plurality of segments being of a number at least three times the number of mounting brackets, each segment having a steel core encased in a refractory, the steel core being a plate bent into two planes at a central vertical line.
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