Abstract: Ovens for preforms in plastic material, applicable in particular but not exclusively to blowing machines and stretch blowing machines, are provided.

Abstract: A disk processing system with a corner chamber having a heater assembly and a carrier rotary assembly configured to rotate the heater assembly.

Abstract: A conveying and lock system (10) for introducing a bulk material into a reactor (14) with exclusion of gas and while preventing gas exchange at low pressure differences has a screw shaft (44) on which first windings (46) and second windings (48) are formed. A winding-free section (50) is disposed between the first and the second windings (46, 48) in which the conveyed bulk material is compacted. The compacting causes a bulk material plug which is substantially gas free and, during bulk material transport, the bulk material plug is constantly formed in the conveying and lock system (10) by the screw shaft (44) to prevent gas exchange between the product inlet and the product outlet of the conveying and lock system.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for charging chambers of a coke oven. The basic structure of the apparatus includes a horizontal screw conveyor (1) mounted underneath a coal-charging larry cart, a telescopic charging chute (2) provided below an outlet (3) of the horizontal screw conveyor and having an intake funnel (4) and a telescopic lower part (6) that can be lowered vertically onto charging ports (5) in the top wall of the coke oven, and a lifter (7) for vertically displacing the telescopic lower part (6). The telescopic charging chute (2) is adjustable horizontally in two directions (X, Y) orthogonal to one another relative to the coal-charging larry cart for alignment with the particular position of the charging ports (5). According to the invention, the intake funnel (4) of the telescopic charging chute (2) and the lifter (7) connected to the telescopic lower part are mounted on a support frame (8) that is movable in a straight line inside a traveling frame (9) in a first direction (X).

Abstract: The task to provide a weigh feeder that permits more reliable control of the amount of bulk material transported by the weigh feeder is solved according to the invention in that a motor-driven conveyor is mounted separately and completely floating to convey the bulk material, in which a number of measurement devices are provided that are arranged and designed in order to determine the weight load of the conveyor from the bulk material. Through separate, completely floating support of the conveyor, a uniform force effect on the support of the conveyor and on the load cells arranged on it is achieved. The conveyor can therefore be weighed without a lever effect caused by a fixed bearing. Through separate, completely floating support of the conveyor, exclusively the weight of the entire conveyor without the weight of other components of the weigh feeder can also be determined.

Abstract: Apparatus for drying drill cuttings (“cuttings”) at multiple drilling locations. A commercially available cuttings drying unit is mounted on a means for transporting the cuttings drying unit between drilling sites, such as a truck. A means for conveying cuttings to an inlet of the cuttings drying unit, such as an auger, moves wet cuttings from a collection container to the drying unit. The cuttings are then dried. A means for conveying dried cuttings from a discharge of the cuttings drying unit to another cuttings container, such as a discharge auger, is provided. Preferably the discharge auger is mounted on the truck so as to be rotatable between a first position, wherein the truck can legally move down a roadway (preferably, contained within the width of the truck), and a second position usually to one side of the truck, where the dried cuttings can be discharged into a container.

Abstract: A discharge assembly for removing material from a hearth in a rotary hearth furnace including a discharge auger and a coolant spray. The discharge auger is positioned above the hearth of the rotary hearth furnace and includes a central shaft having at least one helical flight affixed to the exterior of the central shaft and the hood is disposed above the discharge auger. The coolant spray cools the discharge auger.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method for supplying solid material such as hot carbonaceous material from a pyrolyzer or reactor to a furnace, is provided comprising providing a screw conveyor for receiving the solid carbonaceous material from the pyrolyzer or reactor preferably from above the conveyor and transporting it along its length to a vaned rotor preferably positioned on the axle of the screw conveyor preferably substantially near the end of the screw conveyor for supplying the carbonaceous material to the furnace.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing products packed in cylindrical containers, includes an elongate, essentially cylindrical housing and an essentially cylindrical rotor located therein which can be driven via a central shaft. The circumferential wall of the housing is provided on the inside with a helically running, raised rib. The rotor is designed as a cage having a plurality of rings placed behind each other, the center line of which coincides with the axis of the rotor, and a plurality of raised ribs fastened to the circumference of the rings parallel to the axis of the rotor. The outer edge of the ribs on the rotor is located near the inner edge of the helically running rib on the inner wall of the housing so that spaces are formed between the ribs for receiving the cylindrical containers. Within the rotor between neighboring rings bracing elements in the form of pipes are provided to reinforce the rotor.

Abstract: A particulate delivery system is disclosed for particulate burners in which a hopper is provided for supplying particulate fuel to a hopper discharge opening. A rotating turntable is provided below the hopper discharge opening and includes at least one and preferably a plurality of flexible resilient vanes rotating with the turntable. A wall partially encircles the vanes and is closed on its bottom end by the upper surface of the turntable. The wall includes a lateral discharge opening that facilitates controlled discharge of the particulate fuel over the peripheral edge of the turntable. A chute receives the discharged particulate material, and drops it into a burn pot of the associated particulate burner.

Abstract: A firing system is provided for charging a plurality of incoming combustible fuel modules containing a known amount of a parameter of interest into a heated zone of a rotating kiln. The firing system separates incoming fuel modules into a plurality of stages based on the parameter amount in each fuel module. The system then removes fuel modules from the plurality of stages in a selected order to maintain an average parameter amount for fuel modules charged into the kiln at substantially a preselected level. The system charges fuel modules into the kiln in the selected order. The system determines an optimum time to charge each fuel module into the rotating kiln to maintain an average amount of the parameter of interest supplied to the kiln substantially at the preselected level.

Abstract: A device for sterilizing products packed in cylindrical containers, includes an elongate, essentially cylindrical housing and an essentially cylindrical rotor located therein which can be driven via a central shaft. The circumferential wall of the housing is provided on the inside with a helically running, raised rib. The rotor is designed as a cage having a plurality of rings placed behind each other, the center line of which coincides with the axis of the rotor, and a plurality of raised ribs fastened to the circumference of the rings parallel to the axis of the rotor. The outer edge of the ribs on the rotor is located near the inner edge of the helically running rib on the inner wall of the housing so that spaces are formed between the ribs for receiving the cylindrical containers. Within the rotor between neighboring rings bracing elements in the form of pipes are provided to reinforce the rotor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a feed-in device for fuel in a fire-place with plane grate (5). The feed-in occurs through an opening (60) in the grate and comprises a tubular straight passageway (34), which extends upward from below to the opening (60), so that the center line of the passageway (34) forms an angle of 20.degree.-45.degree. to the surface of the grate (5) and that the opening (60) is displaced to the circumference of the grate (5).

Abstract: A countercurrent fluid cooled conveying screw is disclosed. Suitable for furnace applications, the screw includes an outer shaft spatially circumscribing an inner tube. A plurality of hollow, fluid cooled flights are affixed to the outer shaft and are in fluid flow communication with coolant coursing through the screw. The coolant is first directed through the flights and then back through the outer shaft before exiting through the inner tube.

Abstract: A turntable furnace for heating particulate material and which is particularly suited for the industrial production of litharge. The particulate material is heated inside the furnace on a turntable hearth and distributed radially outwardly from the center of the hearth to a discharge opening by a pair of water cooled screw augers. The rotational speed of the turntable hearth and the screw augers may be independently controlled to vary the amount of mixing and blending of the particulate material and to vary the length of time the particulate material is subjected to heat.

Abstract: A treatment furnace having a longitudinally extending charging opening has a transversely extending furnace conveyor having an upstream end in the vicinity of the opening. A loading conveyor has an array of transversely extending approach rollers adjacent the charging opening so that a workpiece to be treated in the furnace can be rolled longitudinally along the approach rollers to a position transversely aligned with the charging opening. A loading apparatus for the furnace has at least two transversely extending arms each having an inner end pivoted inside the furnace about a longitudinal axis at the upstream end of the furnace conveyor and an outer end outside the furnace and an array of longitudinally extending loading rollers rotatable about horizontal and longitudinal axes is carried on the arms.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding waste tire chips to an incinerator comprises a chip container having a front wall, a rear wall and an outlet at the lower end of the front wall, and a screw feeder having a shaftless helical screw blade provided at an inner bottom portion of the container. The screw blade has one end supported by a first bearing provided on the rear wall of the container and the other end projecting from the outlet of the container. The other end of the screw blade is supported by a second bearing disposed outside the container outlet. Waste tire chips can be fed to the incinerator stably at all times.

Abstract: There is provided a handling system for IC devices having a guide stage comprising a bank portion in which both sides of a IC device to be tested are held at a position other than a portion where terminals of the IC device project and a vacuum suction pore which suctorially sticks to the underside of the IC device at the midpoint of the bank portion.There is also provided a handling system for IC devices wherein multiple bank portions are provided on the stage, one half of which is used for carrying IC devices and the remaining half of which is used for discharging IC devices.

Abstract: The hearth of the furnace is indexed in such a manner that successive workpieces in a loading position are loaded in non-adjacent stations of the hearth during one revolution and are loaded in intervening stations during one or more subsequent revolutions. The method of loading and indexing the hearth enables a uniform temperature distribution to be more easily maintained in the furnace and provides flexibility in locating an unloading position relative to the loading position.

Abstract: A pair of spaced opposing upstanding surfaces are provided and an inclined upwardly facing ramp surface extends therebetween and includes a lower marginal edge. A partial cylindrical wall extends axially between the upstanding surfaces and opens in a generally horizontal direction between and paralleling the upstanding surfaces. The partial cylindrical wall includes an upper marginal edge portion registered with the lower marginal edge of the inclined ramp surface and a generally radially partitioned feed wheel is journaled between the upstanding surfaces and has one side thereof closely embraced by the partial cylindrical wall. Drive structure drivingly rotates the wheel in a direction to move the upper radial partitions thereof in the general direction in which the partial cylindrical wall opens and a gravity discharge outlet is spaced above the wheel and the area between the upstanding surfaces above the lower portion of the inclined ramp surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a feed conveyor for lime sludge to a lime kiln and, respectively, of cement to a cement kiln. The conveyor, which has the form of a screw conveyor, is characterized in that its housing is cooled by a cooling liquid so that a condensate film is formed on the inside of the housing.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for material processing, in particular for producing gas from carbon-containing material, are disclosed. Feed material comprising particulate material is continuously formed into briquettes and is simultaneously introduced into a processing compartment. The feed material is formed into briquettes by one or more pressure wheels forcing the material through channels in a die.