Patent ID: 7731778
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: C21C,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A bale of ferrous scrap for use in a steel making process, said bale comprising a compacted volume of metal scrap and at least one cavity that is fully encapsulated by said metal scrap, at least one of said cavities including commingled flux, said commingled flux designed to remove sulfur from said metal scrap when said metal scrap melts during the steel making process, said commingled flux including lime particles, said commingled flux further includes particles selected from the group consisting of aluminum particles, calcium aluminate particles, fluorspar particles, and ferrous particles, said commingled flux is in a form of a compacted briquette, a compacted disk, an agglomeration of particles bound together by a binder, and mixture thereof.