EP2667132A3 - Installation de four et procédé de fonctionnement de l'installation de four - Google Patents

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EP2667132A3
EP2667132A3 EP13167263.6A EP13167263A EP2667132A3 EP 2667132 A3 EP2667132 A3 EP 2667132A3 EP 13167263 A EP13167263 A EP 13167263A EP 2667132 A3 EP2667132 A3 EP 2667132A3
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furnace installation
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Jochem Grewe
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
    • C21D9/0006—Details, accessories not peculiar to any of the following furnaces
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B9/00—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity
    • F27B9/14—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment
    • F27B9/20—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment the charge moving in a substantially straight path tunnel furnace
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B9/00—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity
    • F27B9/14—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment
    • F27B9/20—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment the charge moving in a substantially straight path tunnel furnace
    • F27B9/24—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity characterised by the path of the charge during treatment; characterised by the means by which the charge is moved during treatment the charge moving in a substantially straight path tunnel furnace being carried by a conveyor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B9/00—Furnaces through which the charge is moved mechanically, e.g. of tunnel type; Similar furnaces in which the charge moves by gravity
    • F27B9/30—Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to furnaces of these types
    • F27B9/3005—Details, accessories, or equipment peculiar to furnaces of these types arrangements for circulating gases
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F27D99/007—Partitions
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F27D99/0073—Seals

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  • Metallurgy (AREA)
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  • Tunnel Furnaces (AREA)
  • Furnace Details (AREA)
  • Heat Treatments In General, Especially Conveying And Cooling (AREA)
  • Waste-Gas Treatment And Other Accessory Devices For Furnaces (AREA)
EP13167263.6A 2012-05-25 2013-05-10 Installation de four et procédé de fonctionnement de l'installation de four Not-in-force EP2667132B1 (fr)

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DE102012104537A DE102012104537A1 (de) 2012-05-25 2012-05-25 Ofenanlage sowie Verfahren zum Betreiben der Ofenanlage

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US2139067A (en) * 1937-02-11 1938-12-06 Nat Tube Co Continuous heating furnace
US2872175A (en) * 1955-02-14 1959-02-03 Cie De Pont A Mousson Annealing furnace
EP0005940A1 (fr) * 1978-05-26 1979-12-12 The Hepworth Iron Company Limited Procédé, four et dispositif pour la cuisson de produits céramiques
FR2647885A1 (fr) * 1989-05-31 1990-12-07 Mustad Fils Sa O Four-tunnel de forge a convoyeur a chaine de charges unitaires
US6036485A (en) * 1999-05-21 2000-03-14 Danieli Corporation Annealing furnace
EP1475446A1 (fr) * 2002-02-12 2004-11-10 Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. Four de traitement thermique
EP1736556A2 (fr) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-27 Otto Junker GmbH Four pour chauffer des lingots d'aluminium
WO2007055650A1 (fr) * 2005-11-08 2007-05-18 Morphic Technologies Aktiebolag (Publ) Dispositif et procede pour chauffer des objets metalliques
US20100267188A1 (en) * 2009-04-16 2010-10-21 Tp Solar, Inc. Diffusion Furnaces Employing Ultra Low Mass Transport Systems and Methods of Wafer Rapid Diffusion Processing
WO2012150414A1 (fr) * 2011-05-05 2012-11-08 Sidel Participations Tapis de transport de produits dans un four-tunnel
WO2013093348A1 (fr) * 2011-12-20 2013-06-27 Saint-Gobain Isover Etuve pour la fabrication d'un produit en laine minerale

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1865954A (en) * 1931-01-08 1932-07-05 Thomas F Powers Preheating furnace
US2139067A (en) * 1937-02-11 1938-12-06 Nat Tube Co Continuous heating furnace
US2872175A (en) * 1955-02-14 1959-02-03 Cie De Pont A Mousson Annealing furnace
EP0005940A1 (fr) * 1978-05-26 1979-12-12 The Hepworth Iron Company Limited Procédé, four et dispositif pour la cuisson de produits céramiques
FR2647885A1 (fr) * 1989-05-31 1990-12-07 Mustad Fils Sa O Four-tunnel de forge a convoyeur a chaine de charges unitaires
US6036485A (en) * 1999-05-21 2000-03-14 Danieli Corporation Annealing furnace
EP1475446A1 (fr) * 2002-02-12 2004-11-10 Dowa Mining Co., Ltd. Four de traitement thermique
EP1736556A2 (fr) * 2005-06-24 2006-12-27 Otto Junker GmbH Four pour chauffer des lingots d'aluminium
WO2007055650A1 (fr) * 2005-11-08 2007-05-18 Morphic Technologies Aktiebolag (Publ) Dispositif et procede pour chauffer des objets metalliques
US20100267188A1 (en) * 2009-04-16 2010-10-21 Tp Solar, Inc. Diffusion Furnaces Employing Ultra Low Mass Transport Systems and Methods of Wafer Rapid Diffusion Processing
WO2012150414A1 (fr) * 2011-05-05 2012-11-08 Sidel Participations Tapis de transport de produits dans un four-tunnel
WO2013093348A1 (fr) * 2011-12-20 2013-06-27 Saint-Gobain Isover Etuve pour la fabrication d'un produit en laine minerale

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