Steel mill system which includes a metallurgical furnace and a further processing system
AssigneeKrupp Industrietechnik Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
InventorPeter Meierling
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Abstract
A steel mill system includes a metallurgical furnace and a further processing system such as a continuous casting system and/or one or more stations for treatment of the steel melt. At least one steel ladle is loaded with steel melt below the metallurgical furnace and is moved between the metallurgical furnace and the further processing system. The steel melt is then emptied into the further processing system. In the region of its upper half, the steel ladle is equipped with a carrying mechanism which includes diametrically oppositely disposed running wheels. The steel ladle is movable in a suspended position between the metallurgical furnace, and the further processing system on rails which are adapted to the carrying mechanism.
Claims12
A steel mill system, comprising:
- a metallurgical furnace to produce steel melt;
- a further processing system for the steel melt;
- a steel ladle having an upper half and a lower half, the upper half of the steel ladle having a carrying mechanism which includes diametrically oppositely disposed running wheels;
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- means guiding the ladle for movement along a path having a lower portion with a loading position beneath the furnace and having an upper portion with a processing position adjacent the further processing system, steel melt being loaded into the ladle when the ladle is disposed at the loading position and the steel melt being supplied to the further processing system when the ladle is disposed at the processing position, the means guiding the ladle including rails which carry the wheels and lifting apparatus means for lifting the ladle from the lower portion of the path to the upper portion of the path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.