Ceramic refractory covering members
AssigneeThe Babcock & Wilcox Company
InventorDon B. Van Fossen
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Abstract
An illustrative embodiment of the invention relates to a preburned ceramic refractory covering for a water cooled member forming a structural portion of a metallurgical furnace. The covering comprises an inner layer of split ceramic refractory tiles at least partially encircling the structural member, and a C-shaped ceramic refractory collar which slideably engages the split tiles disposed about the member and supports the tiles thereon.
Claims6
A refractory covering for application to a fluid conveying tubular member comprising a thermal insulating layer disposed about and contacting the tubular member, an inner ceramic refractory layer of split tiles disposed about and contacting the insulating layer, and an outer ceramic refractory tile layer forming a unitary collar contacting and extending about a major portion of the outer circumference of the inner tile layer to hold the split tiles together and to completely provide support of the collar by the tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.