Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho Sobe Steel Ltd
  • Rotary hearth furnace for producing reduced metal and method of producing reduced metal
    Publication number: 20020123019
    Abstract: In a rotary hearth furnace for producing reduced metal through heating and reducing carbon containing materials composed of at least metal oxide-containing material and carbon-containing reduction material, a hearth structure is provided by which a refractory in a hearth lateral end is not damaged and carbon containing materials do not fall down to a water sealing section of the rotary hearth furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho Sobe Steel Ltd
    Inventors: Takao Harada, Hidetoshi Tanaka