Device and method for sensing a conveying rate of a liquid material
AssigneeSMS group GmbH
InventorsAndreas Schuering, Peter Starke, Alexander Bergs
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device and to a method for sensing a conveying rate at which liquid material is filled into a metallurgical target vessel (6) from a pivotable starting vessel (4). For this purpose, means for determining an amount of liquid material with which the initial vessel (4) has been filled and means for sensing an amount of the liquid material which is discharged toward the target vessel (6) or filled into the target vessel (6) by pivoting of the starting vessel (4) are provided.
Claims9
A device for sensing a conveying rate at which a liquid material in a form of pig iron is filled into a metallurgical target vessel from a pivotable starting vessel, the device comprising:
- means for determining an amount of liquid material which has been filled into the starting vessel;
- a sensor for sensing an amount of liquid material which is discharged toward the target vessel by pivoting of the starting vessel;
- a feed chute formed of a fireproof material and having a wall including at least one measuring loop provided therein to generate electric fields, the feed chute being positioned between the starting vessel and the target vessel;
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- wherein the sensor detects the electric fields in the feed chute occurring in response to a flow and volume of the liquid material in the feed chute, said electric fields being monitored by said sensor to determine the conveying rate at which the liquid material is filled into the metallurgical target vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.