Method for discharging reduced product from a movable-hearth furnace and a discharging device

A method for discharging a reduced product produced on a movable hearth of a movable-hearth furnace, comprising:

• removing the reduced product from the movable hearth by scooping the reduced product and the solid reductant with a screen;
• separating the reduced product from a solid reductant by sifting the reduced product and the solid reductant according to the grain size of the reduced product and the solid reductant with the screen;
• either leaving substances other than the reduced product on the solid reductant layer or returning the substances onto the solid reductant layer;
• and
• discharging the reduced product to the outside of the movable-hearth furnace.