Method and apparatus for clamping incinerator grate bars
AssigneeNoell K&K Abfalltechnik GmbH
InventorFriedrich Krieger
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Abstract
A grate bar assembly for use in a combustion furnace, particularly, in a waste incinerator having a combustion chamber, includes a plurality of overlapping rows of grate bars extending across the combustion chamber, each row of grate bars being composed of a plurality of juxtaposed grate bars; a grate bar support; and a preferably hydraulically operated releasable clamping device disposed outside the combustion chamber for laterally clamping the plurality of overlapping rows of grate bars and for moving the juxtaposed grate bars toward each other. A method of operating the grate bar assembly is also disclosed.
Claims12
A grate bar assembly for use in a combustion furnace, particularly, a waste incinerator including a combustion chamber, comprising:
- a plurality of overlapping rows of grate bars extending across said combustion chamber, each row of grate bars being composed of a plurality of juxtaposed grate bars;
- means for supporting said rows of grate bars;
- and
- means disposed outside said combustion chamber for releaseably and laterally clamping said plurality of overlapping rows of grate bars and for moving said juxtaposed grate bars toward each other.
A method for laterally adjusting the clearance of grate bars of a combustion furnace particularly a waste incinerator having a plurality of overlapping rows of grate bars with clearances therebetween, said method comprising:
- cyclically and laterally applying and releasing a clamping force against said grate bars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.