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US 2022/0187020 A1Published application
Apparatus for heating metal products
AssigneeRotelec
InventorsFabio GUASTINI, Jean-Yves REN
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InventorsFabio GUASTINI, Jean-Yves REN
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Apparatus for heating metal products, able to heat by electromagnetic induction at least one metal product positioned in a heating chamber and mobile in a direction of feed, in which said heating apparatus comprises one or more heating coils positioned in a ring around said heating chamber and said metal product to be heated; said one or more heating coils are positioned substantially transversely to the direction of feed of the metal product and are able to generate a magnetic field having a direction substantially parallel or coincident to the direction of feed of the product to be heated and directed in the same direction as said direction of feed of the product to be heated; said heating apparatus also comprises at least one heat shield positioned between said one or more heating coils and the metal product to be heated; said heat shield comprises walls provided with blocks of thermal and electric insulating material and positioned around the metal product to be heated and also comprises cooling pipes positioned in said walls and configured to allow the flow of at least one cooling fluid.
An apparatus for heating metal products, able to heat by electromagnetic induction at least one metal product positioned in a heating chamber and mobile in a direction of feed, in which said heating apparatus comprises one or more heating coils positioned in a ring around said heating chamber and said metal product to be heated, said one or more heating coils being positioned substantially transversely to the direction of feed of the metal product and being able to generate a magnetic field having a direction substantially parallel or coincident to the direction of feed of the product to be heated and directed in the same direction as said direction of feed of the product to be heated, said heating apparatus also comprising at least one heat shield positioned between said one or more heating coils and the metal product to be heated, said heat shield comprising walls provided with blocks of thermal and electric insulating material and positioned around the metal product (11) to be heated and also comprising cooling pipes positioned in said walls and configured to allow the flow of at least one cooling fluid.
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