Patent ID: 9170050
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: C21B,C21C,F27B,F27D,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An equipment for the measurement and control of load material and scrap metal feeding into an electrical arc furnace having a tilting platform mounted on a support base and a furnace shell that is supported on said tilting platform by means of supports, and an automatic control device for continuously feeding solid load material or solid scrap according to the energy supplied to melted metal in the electrical arc furnace, and having a measuring device for the added solid load material or solid scrap, in correlation with the automatic control device which comprises a weighing device for the furnace shell, its contents, any other components it may support, wherein said weighing device comprises a furnace shell support structure comprising at least two support rollers that are arranged above said tilting platform and under said furnace shell, said at least two support rollers being composed of measuring rollers that are equipped with sensors for direct or indirect weight reading wherein said sensors are coupled with said furnace shell support structure.