Patent ID: 6375702
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: C22B

Abstract:
A consumable electrode feed system with connection platform for providing consumable electrodes to a refining system, the consumable electrode feed system comprising:a side feed device that feeds consumable electrodes to a refining system in a first direction; a refining feed device that feeds consumable electrodes to a refining system in a second direction, the second direction being generally orthogonal to the first direction, said refining feed device engaging said fed consumable electrodes both above and below said connection platform; and a connection system that connects fed consumable electrodes to each other, wherein as a sufficient amount of a consunmable electrode has been refined in the refining system, another consumable electrode is positioned above a previously consumable electrode by the side feed device, the connecting system connects a fed consumable electrode to a previously fed consumable electrode and avoids refining operation stoppage for providing consumable electrodes for refining.