Patent ID: 8608823
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B01J,B22F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for granulating a metal melt in water, comprising a round water tank with a tank bottom, a tank wall, a tank inflow device and a water outflow, the tank inflow device and water outflow being attached to the tank wall at a height above the tank bottom, wherein the tank inflow device comprises a distributor pipe which is arranged outside the water tank and is connected to a first horizontally directed water nozzle, the first nozzle being led through the tank wall from the outside, at a height above the water outflow, and configured to inject water into the water tank tangentially to the tank wall, the water outflow is positioned on the circumference of the water tank such that the angular offset between the first nozzle and the water outflow is at least 90°, and the distributor pipe includes a plurality of horizontal water nozzles distributed at various heights below the first water nozzle and above the tank bottom, the plurality of nozzles being configured to inject water into the water tank tangentially to the tank wall.