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US 2006/0137402 A1Published application
Heating device comprising an electrode for the conductive heating of melts
AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsRainer Eichholz, Guido Raeke, Volker Ohmstede, Gunter Weidmann, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Thomas Stelle, Ernst-Walter Schaefer, Hildegard Roemer, Joerg Schollmayer, Holger Hunnius, Frank-Juergen Druschke
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Abstract
A heating apparatus for the conductive heating of melts, in particular for the rapid melting-down, refining and/or conditioning of melts, is provided. The heating apparatus includes at least one electrode, as well as a first cooling system with a cooling power, which can be set and/or controlled variably.
Claims35
A heating apparatus for the conductive heating of a melts, comprising:
- at least one electrode;
- and
- a first cooling system with means for controlling the a cooling power variably as a function of time and location in a plurality of selectable regions of the at least one electrode.
A melting unit for the conductive heating of a melt, comprising:
- an electrode;
- and
- a cooling system having a controller that controls a cooling power variably as a function of time and location in a plurality of selectable regions of the at least one electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.