Metal recovery method
AssigneeNisshin Steel Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakahiro Yoshino, Masayuki Sugiura, Masakazu Mori, Shintarou Tada
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Abstract
After molten metal has been poured from a ladle 6 into a converter, metal 6b adhering to the ladle 6 is dropped into the ladle 6 on-line, and molten metal is poured from an electric furnace into the ladle 6 into which the metal 6b has been dropped. As a result, the metal 6b is melted and is recovered as a material.
Claims4
A metal recovery method for recovering, as a material, metal that adheres to a ladle in a series of processes in which molten metal is poured from a melting furnace into the ladle, the molten metal is subjected to stir refining inside the ladle, and the molten metal inside the ladle is poured into a refining furnace, the method comprising the steps of:
- after pouring of the molten metal from the ladle into the refining furnace, dropping the metal adhering to the ladle into the ladle on-line, and pouring the molten metal from the melting furnace into the ladle into which the metal has been dropped, to melt the metal and recover the metal as a material.
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