Scrap charger

A scrap charging apparatus for an electric arc furnace, said apparatus including the combination of:

• a scrap holding bunker having diverging end walls extending between converging side walls, the scrap burden along boundaries formed by said diverging end walls providing an impetus in said bunker for scrap flow to an underlying scrap delivery chute, said scrap delivery chute defining an elongated scrap carrying trough having a greater width than the exit width of the scrap holding bunker for delivering scrap to a charging opening for an electric arc furnace;
• a superstructure supporting said scrap holding bunker at an elevated and lateral spaced location from an electric arc furnace;
• a ram controlled by a drive to incrementally advance scrap along said scrap delivery chute for introducing successive preselected volumes of scrap to a charging opening for the electric arc furnace;
• and
• a conveyor for supplying scrap to said scrap holding bunker.