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Patents Represented by Law Firm McGlew and Tutttle, P.C.

Plate cooler for metallurgical furnaces, blast furnaces, direct reduction reactors and gassing units provided with a refractory lining particularly for the iron and steel industry

Patent number: 5904893

Abstract: A plate cooler is provided for metallurgical furnaces lined with a refractory lining, comprising cast copper or a low-alloy copper alloy with coolant ducts arranged in its interior. The coolant ducts are prefabricated, comprising copper pipe sockets, copper pipelines and copper pipe bends which are cast integrally in the plate cooler. The wall of the plate cooler facing the interior of the furnace has webs and grooves or a flat surface.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 7, 1997

Date of Patent: May 18, 1999

Assignees: SMS Schloemann-Siemag AG, Hundt & Weber GmbH

Inventor: Ulrich Stein