Patent ID: 9557109
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: C21B,C21C,C22B,F27B,F27D,Y02P

Claim:
1. An apparatus for manufacturing molten metal, comprising: a stationary non-tilting electric furnace capable of electric heating, an exhaust gas duct and a raw material charging chute connected to a furnace top of the furnace, a secondary combustion burner in the furnace top, and a shock generator within the furnace, wherein the raw material charging chute is in one end of the furnace in a width direction, an electric heating region is spaced from the raw material charging chute in the width direction, a material layer having a sloping surface extending downward in the width direction from the one end of the furnace having the raw material charging chute toward the electric heating region, the sloping surface supporting a metal agglomerate raw material layer, wherein the shock generator is provided at least partially within the material having the sloping surface and extends to the sloping surface, to be in contact with the metal agglomerate raw material layer, and to mechanically overcome hanging of the metal agglomerate raw material layer on the sloping surface.