Steelmaking and ironmaking scrap segregation and packaging system and method thereof
AssigneeAmerifab, Inc.
InventorRichard Manasek
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Abstract
A method of charging a pre-packaged charge in a metallurgical or refining furnace includes providing a disposable metal container having at least one attachment member and forming a pre-packaged charge by loading scrap material into the metal container. The method also includes releasably coupling the at least one attachment member of the container to a lifting device, and then de-coupling the pre-packaged charge from the lifting device so that the combination of the scrap material and the disposable metal container are charged in the furnace.
Claims20
A method of melting scrap material in a metallurgical furnace having a roof and electrodes, the method comprising:
- collecting scrap material for melting in the metallurgical furnace;
- segregating the scrap material into one or more piles according to a material classification;
- forming a prepackaged charge by placing one of the one or more piles of the segregated scrap material on a consumable metal container including:
- i) a body formed solely by a plurality of interconnecting wire free of additional support structure, the body defining a plurality of gaps between the plurality of wire;
- and ii) a plurality of attachment members formed with or coupled to the body;
- lifting the consumable metal container with a lifting device;
- loading the prepackaged charge into the metallurgical furnace;
- and
- melting the prepackaged charge including the scrap material and the consumable container in the metallurgical furnace;
- wherein lifting the consumable metal container with the lifting device includes reshaping the body of the consumable metal container from a flat configuration to a concave configuration.
A method of melting scrap material in a metallurgical furnace having a roof and electrodes, the method comprising:
- collecting scrap material for melting in the metallurgical furnace;
- segregating the scrap material into one or more piles according to a material classification;
- forming a prepackaged charge by placing one of the one or more piles of the segregated scrap material on a consumable metal container consisting of:
- i) a flat body formed solely by a plurality of interconnecting wire free of additional support structure, the body defining a plurality of gaps between the plurality of wire;
- and ii) a plurality of attachment members formed with or coupled to the body;
- loading the prepackaged charge into the metallurgical furnace;
- and
- melting the prepackaged charge including the scrap material and the consumable container in the metallurgical furnace.
A method of melting scrap material in a metallurgical furnace having a roof and electrodes, the method comprising:
- collecting scrap material for melting in the metallurgical furnace;
- segregating the scrap material into one or more piles according to a material classification;
- forming a prepackaged charge by placing one of the one or more piles of the segregated scrap material on a consumable metal container including:
- i) a body formed solely by a plurality of interconnecting wire free of additional support structure, the body defining a plurality of gaps between the plurality of wire;
- and ii) a plurality of attachment members formed with or coupled to the body;
- loading the prepackaged charge into the metallurgical furnace;
- and
- melting the prepackaged charge including the scrap material and the consumable container in the metallurgical furnace;
- wherein the one of the one or more piles includes a desirable material and the consumable metal container is made of the desirable material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.