Patent ID: 6450480
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F27D,Y10T

Abstract:
A flue straightener for straightening a flue wall of an anode baking surface from a deformed or bowed position to a straight or normal position, said flue straightener comprising:a plurality of individually actuated hydraulic cylinders; a steel frame for supporting said hydraulic cylinders; said hydraulic cylinders coupled to a plurality of individually conformable and extendable push plates to extend said push plates to said deformed or bowed position so as to push or straighten said flue wall back to said straight or normal position, a plurality of remotely controlled and independently actuated hydraulic cylinders mounted on a plurality of elevations; said elevations spaced apart vertically at equal distances from each other, a hydraulic control unit associated with a respective one of each of said elevations for actuating said hydraulic cylinders, each of said elevations of said hydraulic cylinders coupled to an associated push plate so as to push or straighten with equally distributed forces.