Patent ID: 8651169
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B22C,B22D,F27B,F27D

Abstract:
1. An arc melting furnace apparatus including a housing having formed therein a melting chamber, a hearth provided within said melting chamber and having a recessed portion, and a heating mechanism for heating and melting a metal material supplied into said recessed portion to generate a raw alloy ingot, said apparatus comprising: a turning member rotatably supported on a supporting member standing within said melting chamber, a perimeter edge of the turning member rotating and moving along an inner surface of said recessed portion to lift the alloy ingot generated in said recessed portion above the hearth and turn it over, and a turn-over assisting member provided above said recessed portion and outside a locus of said turning member, wherein when said alloy ingot abuts the turn-over assisting member, said alloy ingot is dropped into said recessed portion by said turn-over assisting member.