Electric resistance melting furnace
AssigneeBayer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorLuc Lefevere
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electric resistance melting furnace for vitrifiable compositions, such as glass, enamel or ceramics, with a rotatable melting tank (1) about the vertical axis and a stationary upper furnace (4), which can be operated intermittently or continuously and permits a rapid and clean product change.
Claims9
An electric resistance melting furnace for a vitrifiable composition, comprising a melting tank (1) being mounted such that it can rotate about a vertical axis, a stationary upper furnace (4), electrodes (6) for the heating of the content of the melting tank (1), a chimney connection, a preheater (11) for the furnace charge, a charging unit (16) and an outlet (7) for the melt, characterized in that the stationary upper furnace (4) is provided with connections for the electrodes (6), and furthermore, characterized in that the upper furnace (4) and the melting tank (1) can be separated in a vertical direction.
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