Patent Document:

the metallurgical complex has three service levels and three working platforms . the top and platform 1 and a bottom platform 2 are stationary . the middle platform 3 is made in the form of a ring and is rotated by a drive ( not shown ) about the central axis 4 . this platform 3 is supported by three trunnion stations 5 and provided with three horizontal movement stabilizers 6 . arranged on this platform 3 at an angle of 120 ° to each other are three lined containers 7 , 8 , 9 made capable of inclination . their location is fixed at three positions i , ii , iii at an angle of 120 °. at a starting point the container 9 is located in plan on the vertical c - c at the lower part of the circle ( fig1 ), and the first ( container 7 ) and the second ( container 8 ) parts are disposed at an angle of 120 ° to the left and to the right of the vertical c - c respectively . arranged on the top stationary platform 1 are two portal cranes 10 and 11 with mechanisms for lifting electrodes 12 and 13 and domes 14 and 15 and mechanisms to control the electrodes 12 and 13 , two furnace transformers 16 and 17 with a system to supply electric power to the electrodes 12 and 13 ( fig2 - 4 ). installed in position iii is a console crane 18 with a cover 19 , on which a gas burner 20 is secured . in this position the entire volume of melt is poured from the lined container into a metal receiver 21 of a steel pouring station 22 of a horizontal continuous casting machine or a machine with a low casting radius which are installed on the bottom stationary platform 2 ( fig2 - 4 ). fig1 illustrates a layout of the main technological equipment of the metallurgical complex . the top platform 1 made in the form of a semicircle overlapping positions i and ii supports the portal crane 10 of an arc steel melting furnace smf , a portal crane 11 of the integrated steel processing plant ( spp ), the furnace transformer 16 , the spp transformer 17 . the platform 3 rests on three trunnion stations 5 and is made of modular steel structures ( fig2 - 4 ). to reduce the weight of the platform , apertures are made therein . the platform is rotated by a mechanical drive ( not shown in the drawing ). arranged on the bottom platform 2 at the zero mark is the steel pouring station 22 of the horizontal continuous casting machine with a metal receiver 21 and a support 23 for the console crane 18 . the metallurgical complex operates as follows . in the zero cycle ( fig2 ) i . e . at the beginning of operation of the complex , the lined container 9 being in position iii is charged with a fusion mixture , closed with the cover 19 , and the gas burner 20 is switched on to preheat the fusion mixture . the containers 7 and 8 are not yet loaded . after the fusion mixture in the container 9 has been heated up to a preset temperature , the heating is stopped , the cover 19 with the burner 20 is lifted , and the lined container 9 is transferred to position i by turning the platform 3 around 120 °. in so doing the containers 7 and 8 also move and take positions ii and iii . then in position i the container 9 is covered with the portal crane 10 hanged up on chains , the dome 14 and electrodes 12 , the smf power supply is switched on and the preheated fusion mixture is melting down ( fig3 ). in so doing the container 7 in position ii is not yet filled . within the same cycle the container 8 is moved to position iii , loaded with a portion of the fusion mixture , the cover 19 is lowered and the gas burner 20 is switched on to heat the new portion of the fusion mixture in the container 8 ( fig3 ). this takes place simultaneously with melting the first portion of the fusion mixture in position i of the container 9 . when in position i the melt in the container 9 is ready and in position iii the fusion mixture in the container 8 is hot , the smf and the burner 20 are switched off and the dome 14 with electrodes 12 and the cover 19 and the burner 20 is lifted up . then the platform 3 is again turned around 120 °. after that the containers 7 , 8 , 9 are moved to positions iii , i , ii respectively . then the dome 14 with the electrodes 12 is again lowered in position i and close the container 8 , the dome 15 with electrodes 13 is set in position ii and close the container 9 , and in position iii the cover 19 with the burner 20 covers the container 7 preloaded with the fusion mixture . after that the power supply is connected to the smf , the spp to the burner and the metal in a smf is melted in position i , the processing of the molten metal in the spp is effected in position ii , and the fusion mixture preheating is made in position iii . after the next cycle , in which the platform is turned through the following 120 ° and the container 9 with the first portion of metal processed in the spp arrives , it is discharged into the metal receiver 21 of the pouring station 22 of the horizontal continuous casting machine for producing blanks . then fusion mixture is loaded again and the following cycle of preheating is started in position iii , the melting in position i , the metal processing in position ii and the metal pouring with subsequent loading of the fusion mixture for preheating in position iii . after that all operations on preheating the fusion mixture , its melting , integrated processing and ingot pouring are made in positions iii , i and ii respectively . fig4 illustrates the working moment of preheating the fusion mixture in the container 8 in position iii and integrated processing of the molten metal in the container 7 in position ii . the slag removal is made by draining the metal processed in position ii through the apertures 24 into the slag cup installed on the bottom platform 1 . the slag cup is driven away by a special tractor or in another way . the time of each cycle is calculated so that simultaneously with melting the fusion mixture in position i , the fusion mixture in position iii would be already preheated to a required temperature , and the metal arrived at the spp for processing would be already processed in position ii . in this case all containers will be synchronously turned around for respective 120 °. in so doing the time of pouring the metal , loading the fusion mixture and its preheating in position iii strictly corresponds to the time of fusion and metal processing in positions i and ii . the control the process of turning the platform 3 and lowering and rising the domes and covers is performed by a matching device associated with the system of automatic control of the preheating , melting and processing processes ( not shown in the drawing ). this device includes a mechanism for turning the platform 3 after a preset time and generates a signal on rising or lowering of the domes , switching on / off the power supply for carrying out the processes of preheating the fusion mixture and steel melting and processing in positions i , ii , iii . thus , making the working platform 3 with a possibility of rotation provides transfer of the melting containers 7 , 8 , 9 under a cyclic schedule from one position to another through a certain time period during which a definite technological process is carried out in each container . for coordination of the working cycles of the smf , the steel processing plant ( spp ) and the continuous casting machine their working capacity must be the same . the cycle time should correspond to the smf operating time under load , the time of pouring of the molten steel from the container . to reduce the operating time of the smf under load , in position i the fusion mixture is preheating in one of the three containers . thus , at the initial step in position iii the fusion mixture is additionally heated , in position i the container performs the smf function , in the third position ii the container performs the spp function . the volume of the melting containers is designed for loading a single charge and conducting the process without additional charging . the control is performed from a single control panel . due to a compact design and availability of the rotating platform with melting containers , as well as due to a discharge of the whole melt into the metal receiver of the melting machine , this metallurgical complex has no need in steel - teeming ladles and bridge cranes . in this case it is possible to reduce a loss of time , energy consumption and material cost due to the absence of steel - teeming ladles and bridge cranes and a necessity of their servicing , as well as a reduction of the cost of the main and auxiliary equipment due to the exclusions of cranes and ladles , a continuous operating cycle is realizable . the claimed invention will find wide application in the iron and steel industry at construction of minifactories for production of metal rolled stock .

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