Abstract: A process for the treatment of loads or residues of non-ferrous metals and their alloys includes the steps of loading of scraps or dross to be processed and heating the load and melting the metal. The process additionally includes revolving the heated load, tapping the molten metal and emptying a cavity of the furnace. Heating of the load or residues to a temperature above the melting temperature of the metal or non-ferrous alloy to be recovered is carried out by a free burning convective arc which is independent from the supply of external gas to the process, and which may dispense with the use of melting salts.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 5, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignees:
Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo-FAPESP, Instituto de Pesquisa Technologicas do est, S. Paulo S/A-IPT
Inventors:
Antonio Carlos da Cruz, Oskar Wessel Bender
Abstract: Equipment for the treatment of loads or residues of non-ferrous metals and their alloys include a rotary furnace having a vessel with a sealed door. An electrode is introduced into the rotary furnace and is used to establish a free burning convective electric arc with the load introduced into the furnace or with the furnaces bottom wall. The equipment is assembled over a hinged base which allows elevating or lowering its rotation axis with respect to a horizontal plane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 18, 2005
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2011
Assignees:
Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Sao Paulo-Fapesp, Instituto de Pesquisa Technologicas do Est. S. Paulo S/A-IPT
Inventors:
Antônio Carlos da Cruz, Oskar Wessel Bender