Abstract: Energy efficient arc furnace suitable for continuous melting of ungraded scrap iron as found in the trade, and four or more meters in length. Its inner part includes a storage zone (4) located laterally of and above the hearth (1), and arranged so that a considerable volume of scrap iron can be stored there. A pusher (11) is arranged at the bottom of the side storage zone for the purpose of pushing the base of the pile (10) of scrap iron stored in the said zone towards the hearth. The upper portion of the storage zone is equipped with an opening (8) of the trap or door for feeding in cold scrap iron (13, 131), and the storage zone is connected to a conduit (6) for exhausting fumes so that these pass through it.

Abstract: Electric arc furnace, of the type having metallic walls (2) and an at least partly metallic roof (1), and provided with radiation detection apparatuses (8) for their controlled operation. Differential water circulation transducers (8) are positioned in the intrados of the metallic part (7) of the roof (1); they project with respect to the inner surface of the roof and their end faces (16) facing the interior of the furnace are concave.

Abstract: A changeover device for an installation for recovery of the gases proceeding from a tilting converter placed in an enclosure connected to a fixed suction duct called the main suction duct. The main suction duct enables recovery of the gases which escape from the converter in the vertical position for blast. A secondary duct connected to one and the same suction device as the main duct enables the recovery of the gases in the converter in the inclined position for charging. The changeover device enables the suction to be exerted either in the main duct or in the secondary duct. It comprises a suction chamber having two superposed portions connected by a vertical junction duct projecting into the upper portion of the chamber. Around the junction duct there is a tank containing water. A vertically movable bell plunges into the tank in order to isolate the two portions of the chamber with respect to one another.

Abstract: A dome for an electric arc furnace comprising a central portion of refractory material and a cooled metallic crown consisting of two toroidal conduits joined by radial tubes in such a manner that it is curved. Its own volume permits variations in gas emissions during steel production to be absorbed. It comprises a manifold which fits into an extraction pipeline, so that most of the gas may be collected so as to avoid pollution. A fluid circulates in the conduits and the tubes to cool the crown.

Abstract: A panel cooled by the circulation of water and adapted to constitute all or part of a wall of an electric arc furnace. The panel consists, at the inside of the furnace, of a thick and corrugated wall to which is welded, at the outside of the furnace, a second thinner wall, the two walls defining passages adapted for the circulation of the water. The invention is used in electric arc furnaces for steel mills.

Abstract: A continuous casting ingot mould comprises spaced apart front and back plates between which are arranged two lateral plates. The front and back plates are mounted respectively on a movable frame and a stationary frame provided with means for supporting and clamping the side plates between the front and back plates, the supporting means including two articulations slideable axially along two columns fixed to the stationary frame and extending perpendicular thereto, one articulation being fixed to the movable frame and the other being mounted on the movable frame to slide relative thereto in a direction parallel to a line joining the axes of the columns and perpendicular thereto.

Abstract: In an installation for the collection of gases emitted by a tiltable converter which includes an enclosure for the converter connected to a suction duct, a damper for controlling the draught in the suction duct is provided, the damper being controlled in dependence on the difference in pressures inside and outside the enclosure and the orientation of the axis of the converter so that the pressure differential is maintained at one level when the converter is vertical and at another level when the converter is non-vertical.

Abstract: A converter for refining a liquid metal bath using simultaneous heating and blowing in comprises a metal vessel internally lined with refractory material, having an upwardly open mouth and having a generally cylindrofrustoconical shape which is a body of revolution about an axis, the vessel being mounted on, and rotatable about, its axis of revolution relative to a pivotable cradle, the vessel having a pouring spout and a set of tuyeres extending through a wall thereof, and a separate frustoconical cap connected to a gas collection hood for surmounting the vessel and provided with an opening through which a heating device can extend into the vessel, the arrangement being such that in the `normal` position of the vessel, for simultaneous blowing in and heating, the axis of revolution of the vessel is at an angle between 35.degree. and 55.degree. to the vertical, the pouring spout is upwardly directed, the tuyeres extend upwardly from the bottom of the vessel and the vessel is surmounted by the cap.