Multi-purpose pump system for a metal furnace and related methods
AssigneeNovelis Inc.
InventorsBrent Opdendries, Ravindra Tarachand Pardeshi, Sean Jackson
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Abstract
A pump system for a metal furnace includes a tank and a magnetic stirrer. The tank includes a tank chamber that is configured to receive a fluid, such as a molten material. The tank is positioned above magnetic stirrer and such that the magnetic stirrer is outside of the tank chamber. The magnetic stirrer includes a rotating permanent magnet configured to generate a moving magnetic field in the molten material in the tank chamber that induces movement in the molten material.
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A pump system for a metal furnace, the pump system comprising:
- a tank comprising a tank chamber configured to receive a molten material;
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- a magnetic stirrer comprising a rotating permanent magnet, wherein the tank is positioned above magnetic stirrer and such that the magnetic stirrer is outside of the tank chamber, and wherein the magnetic stirrer is configured to generate a moving magnetic field in the molten material in the tank chamber to induce movement in the molten material.
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A pump system for a metal furnace, the pump system comprising:
- a tank comprising:
- a tank chamber configured to receive a molten material;
- an inlet in fluid communication with the tank chamber and defining a flow path to the tank chamber for molten material entering the tank chamber;
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- an outlet in fluid communication with the tank chamber and defining a flow path from the tank chamber for molten material exiting the tank chamber,
- wherein a transverse dimension of the tank chamber proximate to the inlet is different from the transverse dimension of the tank chamber proximate to the outlet.
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A pump system for a metal furnace, the pump system comprising:
- a tank comprising a tank chamber configured to receive a molten material;
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- a mixer selectively positionable within and removable from the tank chamber, the mixer comprising a body, the body comprising one or more fins along an edge of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.