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US 11,365,461 B2Granted
Dross management system and method
AssigneeAltek Europe Limited
InventorJames Herbert
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Abstract
A dross processing assembly includes a stirring station at which dross in a first dross recovery vessel is stirred and a pressing station at which previously stirred dross in a second dross recovery vessel is pressed simultaneously with the stirring of the dross in the first dross recovery vessel. The stirring station and the pressing station may be commonly housed in an enclosure. A conveyor system may advance dross recovery vessels through the dross processing assembly for continuous dross processing.
Claims12
A method of recovering aluminum from dross, the method comprising:
- conveying in a dross processing assembly a first dross pan containing stirred dross to a pressing station;
- wherein the stirred dross in the first dross pan was stirred at a stirring station;
- positioning a second dross pan containing dross at the stirring station;
- and
- simultaneously stirring the dross in the second dross pan at the stirring station and pressing the dross in the first dross pan at the pressing station.
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