JOSEPH FRANCIS KROKER
Engineers in West Aliquippa, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE007897E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
West Aliquippa, PA 15001
Professional information
Furnace Electrode Design
US Patent:
5297160, Mar 22, 1994
Filed:
Jan 10, 1992
Appl. No.:
7/820411
Inventors:
Joseph F. Kroker - Aliquippa PA
Assignee:
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft - Dusseldorf
International Classification:
F27D 2304
US Classification:
373 85
Abstract:
An arc furnace comprising a furnace vessel having a transverse axis and a central axis, electrodes disposed on a graduated circle, the electrodes projecting into the furnace vessel parallel to the central vertical axis, the electrodes are mounted on an electrode holding device of three supporting columns and three supporting arms, the center is located on the transverse axis at a predetermined distance from the center, the transverse axis being collinear with the middle one of the supporting arms, an electrode is disposed closest to the supporting columns at the intersection of the transverse axis and the graduated circle, and the other electrodes are disposed on the graduated circle an angle. alpha. =<110. degree. with the electrode at the center of the circle.