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 in 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.
A method of delivering scrap material to a manufacturing facility for charging in a metallurgical furnace, the method comprising:
- collecting scrap material for melting in the metallurgical furnace;
- segregating the scrap material into at least one pile based on a material classification;
- forming a prepackaged charge by placing the at least one pile of segregated scrap material in 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 a transport vehicle;
- delivering the loaded prepackaged charge to the manufacturing facility.
A pre-packaged charge for being discharged into a metallurgical or refining furnace, comprising:
- a consumable metal container comprising a body formed solely by a plurality of interconnecting wire and free of additional support structure, the body defining a plurality of spaces between the plurality of wire, wherein the spaces allow undesirable materials to drop out;
- a plurality of attachment members formed with or coupled to the body;
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- segregated scrap disposed in the container, the segregated scrap including a desirable material being of a particular material type, and wherein the segregated scrap includes undesirable materials;
- wherein, the consumable container is made of a type of material that is substantially the same as the desirable material of the scrap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.