IP Library Granted Patent US 8,480,951
Granted Patent B2
US 8,480,951 · App. 12/733,516 · Granted Jul 9, 2013

Tuyere structure of melting furnace

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Patent No.
US 8,480,951
App. No.
12/733,516
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tuyere structure of a melting furnace includes: a tuyere main body which is covered on an outer periphery thereof with a ring member baked in advance, and is disposed in a hole portion provided in a tuyere brick; and a ramming material which fills a periphery of the ring member so as to fix the ring member.

Claims (10)

1. A tuyere structure of a melting furnace comprising a tuyere brick having a hole portion, and in the hole portion:

a tuyere main body which is water-cooled;

a precasted ring member disposed around an outer periphery of the tuyere main body, the ring member having a strength of equal to or higher than 18 MPa, wherein the ring member is in direct contact with, and is fixed to, the tuyere main body; and

a ramming material filling the space in the hole portion between an outer periphery of the ring member and the tuyere brick so as to fix the ring member in the hole portion,

wherein the ring member is made of the same material as that of the ramming material.

2. The tuyere structure according to claim 1 , wherein the ring member is baked in advance at a temperature of equal to or higher than 120° C.

3. The tuyere structure according to claim 1 , wherein the ring member is divided in a circumferential direction.

4. The tuyere structure according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ring member and the ramming material are made of a ceramic material containing alumina as the main ingredient.

5. The tuyere structure according to claim 4 , wherein said ceramic material contains approximately 69% of alumina, 0.3% of SiO 2 , 23% of SiC, and 3% of C.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 28, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029894/0749 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2010
From: MATSUMURA, YASUNARI; TAOKA, KOHJI
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024056/0617 →