Abstract: A system provides assistance in the delivery of industrial wastes from industrial waste-generating sites to one or more industrial waste treatment sites based on exchanged information on industrial wastes containing metal oxide. The system includes a server, terminals at the industrial waste-generating sites, and terminals at the industrial waste treatment sites. Each terminal at the industrial waste-generating site transmits the information on industrial wastes to the server. The server stores the transmitted formation into an information storage unit. The server receives the search conditions from one of the industrial waste treatment sites who require industrial wastes, search the information storage unit, and transmits the search result to the terminal at the corresponding industrial waste treatment site. The terminal at the industrial waste treatment site displays the search result.

Abstract: To provide an operating method of a rotary hearth furnace for producing reduced iron in which a stuck substance stuck on the hearth surface is removed from the hearth surface to thereby prevent or reduce the wear of the knife edge of a screw of a discharge device, enabling continuous operation for a long period and capable of achieving high availability factor. The hearth surface is quenched by spraying or the like to generate cracks in the stuck substance on the hearth, and the stuck substance is scraped to thereby remove it from the hearth.

Abstract: A method for operating manufacturing equipment including a heating furnace is provided. The method comprises the step of spraying a blowdown water that has been in the manufacturing equipment into effluent gas discharged from the heating furnace so as to vaporize the blowdown water and remove solid dust contained in the effluent gas. In a plant implementing this method, the amount of the effluent water can be reduced to substantially zero, no purification equipment is required, and solid sludge which has been produced in the purification equipment is thus completely reduced. Moreover, in this method, iron and zinc can be recycled as fly ash which can be easily treated and recycled.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for supplying a granular raw material for reduced iron in which when the granular raw material is fed into a hopper and from there supplied onto a hearth of a movable hearth furnace through a material supplying device, the material supplying device is moved vertically to thereby adjust the gap between the lower end of the material supplying device and the hearth. Thus, the amount of granular raw material supplied onto the hearth of the movable hearth furnace is adjustable. Further, granular raw material is dispersed in the hearth width direction over the entire surface of the hearth of the movable hearth furnace with minimal breakage or pulverization of the granular raw material for reduced iron and leveled by a spiral vane rotated on the downstream side, with respect to a hearth moving direction, of a material discharge outlet of the material supplying device.

Abstract: A method of producing reduced metals is disclosed in which a mixture of a metal oxide and a reducing agent is heated by a burner such that the metal oxide is reduced to a reduced metal. Dry-distilled gas generated during carbonization of an organic matter-containing component is used as fuel for the burner. The sensible heat of exhaust gas evolved by the burner is utilized as heat for carbonizing the organic matter-containing component. Carbide derived by carbonizing the organic matter-containing component is used as the above reducing agent. This method yields excellent cost performance. An apparatus for reducing metal oxides is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing an iron oxide pellet including the steps of adding water to a raw material mixture comprising iron oxide which serves as a primary component, a carbonaceous material in an amount sufficient for reducing the iron oxide, an organic binder in an amount sufficient for binding the iron oxide and the carbonaceous material, and an inorganic coagulant in an amount of not less than 0.05 mass % and less than 1 mass %; pelletizing the resultant mixture to thereby obtain a green pellet; and drying the green pellet until the moisture content is reduced to equal to or less than 1.0 mass %. The thus-produced iron oxide pellet is charged in a reducing furnace for reduction to thereby obtain a reduced iron pellet.

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.

Abstract: To provide an operating method of a rotary hearth furnace for producing reduced iron in which a stuck substance stuck on the hearth surface is removed from the hearth surface to thereby prevent or reduce the wear of the knife edge of a screw of a discharge device, enabling continuous operation for a long period and capable of achieving high availability factor. The hearth surface is quenched by spraying or the like to generate cracks in the stuck substance on the hearth, and the stuck substance is scraped to thereby remove it from the hearth.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing reduced iron agglomerates comprises the steps of supplying iron oxide agglomerates including carbonaceous material on a moving hearth, heating and reducing the agglomerates to yield reduced iron agglomerates while the moving hearth moves in the reduction furnace, discharging the reduced iron agglomerates from the reduction furnace, recovering the reduced iron agglomerates, and removing seized hearth fragments separated from the moving hearth in close proximity to a discharge location or a recovery location for the reduced iron while the reduction furnace is being operated. According to the method, the reduction furnace can be operated for a long period of time without stopping the operation thereof and supply of the iron oxide agglomerates.

Abstract: A method of producing reduced iron agglomerates capable of preventing oxidation in the surface layer of the agglomerates and obtaining reduced iron agglomerates having a high degree of metallization, by blowing a methane or methane-containing gas to the reduced iron oxide agglomerates incorporated with carbonaceous material at a surface temperature of 1150° C. or higher during movement in a moving hearth heating type furnace at the end of reduction as the final stage of the stagnation period of the agglomerates in the heating furnace.

Abstract: A moving hearth is formed by providing a layer of hearth material primarily composed of iron oxide on a base refractory in a reducing furnace and then sintering the hearth material so that the sintered moving hearth is not melted at an operational temperature in a reducing step. The moving hearth is more easily constructed compared to providing a shaped or amorphous refractory on the base refractory, has high durability, and can maintain surface flatness during operation.

Abstract: A moving hearth reducing furnace is operated, while a gap is provided between a discharging apparatus for discharging reduced iron agglomerates from the moving hearth reducing furnace and the surface of the moving hearth. The gap prevents squeezing metallic iron powder formed by reduction of powder included in iron oxide agglomerates into the surface of the moving hearth and the formation of an iron sheet. An iron oxide layer formed on the moving hearth during the operation can be periodically scraped off without shutdown of the furnace.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tubular blanket which comprises a main blanket section having at least a portion coming into contact with a printing-made web and a remaining blanket section other than the main blanket section. The remaining blanket section has a thickness thinner than the thickness of the main blanket section. Thus, even if inks or paper particles are attached to a web absent area on a circumferential surface of the tubular blanket, it is possible to eliminate the influence from the attachment of inks or paper particles, and to make the web cut-off hard to occur, so that the interference with the use of the tubular blanket is preventable, thereby enhancing the economy and the working efficiency.

Abstract: Iron oxide agglomerates incorporated with the carbonaceous material having a particle size within a range of about 10 to 30 nm are prepared upon production of reduced iron agglomerates. Then, the iron oxides agglomerates incorporated with the carbonaceous material were laid thinly at a laying density of less than 1.4 kg/m.sup.2 /mm or lower on a hearth of a moving hearth furnace. Subsequently, the iron oxide agglomerates are heated rapidly such that the surface temperature of the iron oxide agglomerates reaches 1200.degree. C. or higher within one-third of the retention period of time of the iron oxide agglomerates in the moving hearth furnace. Then, the iron oxide agglomerates are reduced till the metallization ratio thereof reaches 85% or higher to form reduced iron agglomerates and then the reduced iron agglomerates are discharged out of the moving hearth furnace. With the procedures, reduced iron agglomerates of a high average quality can be obtained at a high productivity.

Abstract: A polyurethane elastomer and a metal are strongly adhered by using (1) a composition containing a polyepoxy compound and a polyamine compound and (2) a composition containing an isocyanate compound having a concentration of isocyanate group of 15-50% by weight. An adhered composite article thus obtained has excellent water resistance and heat resistance.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 1,3-propanediol bis(p-aminobenzoate) is described, comprising reacting a p-aminobenzoic acid alkali metal salt with dihalogenated propane in an aprotic polar solvent. In accordance with this process, diesterification proceeds under mild conditions without causing any undesirable side reactions and, therefore the desired 1,3-propanediol bis(p-aminobenzoate) can be obtained in high purity and high yield.

Abstract: Bis(aminophenylthioalkyl)terephthalate having the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group. The compounds are useful as hardeners for a polyurethane elastomer.

Abstract: 4-Alkoxy-3,5-diamino-.alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.-trifluoromethylbenzene having the formula ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group.