Cooling device for an electric furnace or suchlike

Abstract

Cooling device suitable to be used in an electric melting furnace (30), or suchlike, in cooperation with the lateral wall of said electric furnace (30) and comprising at least one pair of cooling panels (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) each provided with a plurality of cooling tubes (13, 14, 15, 16); the electric furnace (30) comprises at the lower part at least one shell (17) to contain the molten metal bath (18) and a jacket (19) above it, in which said cooling panels (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) are positioned; the tubes (13, 14, 15, 16) provided in the panels (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) are interspersed with free spaces (20, 21, 22, 23), in such a way that at least in the proximity of any one free space (20, 21, 22, 23) of one panel (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) there is positioned at least one tube (13, 14, 15, 16) of another panel (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b), and in such a way that substantially the tubes (13, 15) comprised in one panel (11a, 11b) are offset from the tubes (14, 16) comprised in the other panel (12a, 12b),

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