EP2371975A4 - PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SINTERED ORE AND SINTERING APPARATUS - Google Patents

PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SINTERED ORE AND SINTERING APPARATUS

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Publication number: EP2371975A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: sintered ore; sintering apparatus; manufacturing sintered; manufacturing; sintering
Prior art date: 2008-12-03
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP09830494.2A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP2371975B1 (en

EP2371975A1 (en

Inventor

Nobuyuki Oyama

Katsuhiro Iwasaki

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

JFE Steel Corp

Original Assignee

JFE Steel Corp

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2008-12-03

Filing date

2009-12-03

Publication date

2016-10-19

2008-12-03 Priority claimed from JP2008309179A external-priority patent/JP4911164B2/en

2009-12-03 Application filed by JFE Steel Corp filed Critical JFE Steel Corp

2011-10-05 Publication of EP2371975A1 publication Critical patent/EP2371975A1/en

2016-10-19 Publication of EP2371975A4 publication Critical patent/EP2371975A4/en

2018-07-11 Application granted granted Critical

2018-07-11 Publication of EP2371975B1 publication Critical patent/EP2371975B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2029-12-03 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B1/00—Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
- C22B1/14—Agglomerating; Briquetting; Binding; Granulating
- C22B1/16—Sintering; Agglomerating
- C22B1/20—Sintering; Agglomerating in sintering machines with movable grates
- C22B1/205—Sintering; Agglomerating in sintering machines with movable grates regulation of the sintering process
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B1/00—Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
- C22B1/14—Agglomerating; Briquetting; Binding; Granulating
- C22B1/16—Sintering; Agglomerating
- C22B1/20—Sintering; Agglomerating in sintering machines with movable grates
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
- F27B19/00—Combinations of different kinds of furnaces that are not all covered by any single one of main groups F27B1/00 - F27B17/00
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
- F27B21/00—Open or uncovered sintering apparatus; Other heat-treatment apparatus of like construction
- F27B21/02—Sintering grates or tables
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
- F27B21/00—Open or uncovered sintering apparatus; Other heat-treatment apparatus of like construction
- F27B21/06—Endless-strand sintering machines

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
Geology (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Materials Engineering (AREA)
Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
Metallurgy (AREA)
Organic Chemistry (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Manufacture And Refinement Of Metals (AREA)

EP09830494.2A 2008-12-03 2009-12-03 Process for producing sintered ore and sintering apparatus Active EP2371975B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
JP2008309179A JP4911164B2 (en)	2008-12-03	2008-12-03	Sintering machine and method for producing sintered ore
JP2008309177		2008-12-03
PCT/JP2009/070636 WO2010064731A1 (en)	2008-12-03	2009-12-03	Process for producing sintered ore and sintering apparatus

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2371975A1 EP2371975A1 (en)	2011-10-05
EP2371975A4 true EP2371975A4 (en)	2016-10-19
EP2371975B1 EP2371975B1 (en)	2018-07-11

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Country Status (6)

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EP (1)	EP2371975B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR101311609B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN102239271B (en)
AU (1)	AU2009323283B2 (en)
TW (1)	TWI426136B (en)
WO (1)	WO2010064731A1 (en)

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