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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8012237 | Process for producing molten iron A process for producing molten iron is a process in which while an inert gas is blown into a molten iron layer in an iron bath type melting furnace through bottom-blown tuyeres provided in a hearth bottom thereof to stir the molten iron layer, a carbon material, an ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7340420 | Method and system for providing information on industrial wastes, server and terminal for providing the information, recording medium for recording computer-readable program, and program allowing computer to execute process A system provides assistance in the delivery of industrial wastes from industrial waste-generating sites to one or more industrial waste treatment sites based on exchanged information on industrial wastes containing metal oxide. The system includes a server, termina... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336692 | Induction furnace for melting semi-conductor materials An induction furnace includes an induction coil, an electrically non-conductive crucible having an inner diameter disposed within the induction coil, and an electrically conductive member disposed below the crucible and having an outer diameter which is further from... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7175691 | Method of producing stainless steel by re-using waste material of stainless steel producing process A method of producing stainless steel includes the steps of melting a raw material in an electric furnace to form molten steel, and then refining the molten steel by a refining furnace to produce stainless steel in a stainless steel producing process. In the method,... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6630010 | Method of producing metallic iron The present invention is directed to a method of producing granular metallic iron, including: heating a formed raw material comprising a carbonaceous reductant and a substance containing iron oxide in a reduction melting furnace to subject the iron oxide ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6605130 | Pellets incorporated with carbonaceous material Pellets incorporated with a carbonaceous material of the present invention contain a carbonaceous material and iron ore mainly composed of iron oxide. The maximum fluidity of the carbonaceous material in softening and melting, and the ratio of iron oxide ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6602320 | Method for producing reduced iron A method for producing reduced iron comprises agglomerating a raw material mixture containing a carbonaceous reducing agent and an iron oxide-containing material into small agglomerates, heating the agglomerate within a heat reduction furnace, thereby sol... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6592648 | Reduction of iron ore in ore/coal mixtures A process of reduction of iron ore and/or waste oxides in the form of agglomerate containing carbonaceous reductant on the hearth of a furnace includes providing a bed of agglomerates on the hearth of a furnace, the bed having a height of at least about 4... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6592649 | Method of producing iron nuggets The present invention provides a method of producing metallic iron nuggets with a high yield and good productivity, and more particularly a method which can produce metallic iron nuggets which have a high Fe purity and are excellent in transporting and ha... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6592647 | Method for producing metallic iron A method for heating, reducing and melting a raw material mixture containing carbonaceous reducing agents and an iron oxide-contained substance to manufacture metallic iron, characterized in that a liquid fraction in a solid and liquid coexisting phase of... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6506231 | Method and apparatus for making metallic iron A method of making metallic iron in which a compact, containing iron oxide such as iron ore or the like and a carbonaceous reductant such as coal or the like, is used as material, and the iron oxide is reduced through the application of heat, thereby maki... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6475264 | Direct smelting process A process for direct smelting a metalliferous feed material is disclosed. The process includes the steps of partially reducing metalliferous feed material and substantially devolatilising coal in a pre-reduction vessel and producing a partially reduced me... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6387153 | Stable idle procedure A procedure for holding production of molten metal in a direct smelting process is disclosed. In situations where it is necessary to hold metal production and there is a continuing available supply of oxygen-containing gas and solid carbonaceous material,... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6372016 | Method for drying compacts An apparatus for producing reduced iron, and a compact drying method for application to the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pelletizer or a briquetter for mixing and agglomerating coal as a reducing agent and iron ore as iron oxide to f... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6302938 | Reduced pellets A carbonaceous material is controlled such that the amount of carbon is from 7 to 60 mass % based on the total amount of iron and Zn in a starting mixture comprising one or more of ducts containing iron oxide and Zn oxide and a binder in an amount to bond... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6284018 | Method of making iron and steel Molten iron is prepared by (1) providing iron oxide and a carbonaceous reducing agent, (2) preparing a shaped product from the carbonaceous reducing agent and the iron oxide, (3) preparing solid reduced iron from the shaped product, wherein the solid redu... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6267799 | Method of producing metals and metal alloys A method and an apparatus for producing metals and metal alloys from metal oxides in a metallurgical vessel containing a molten bath having a metal layer and a slag layer is disclosed. The method is characterized by injecting a carrier gas and a solid car... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6264725 | Method for producing liquid pig iron or steel fabricated materials and installation for implementing said method According to a process for producing pig iron (10) from fine-particulate iron oxide carriers and lumpy iron-containing material in a meltdown gasifying zone (9) of a melter gasifier (3), the iron-containing material is melted in a bed (13) formed of solid... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6241803 | Method for manufacturing reduced iron pellets A method for manufacturing reduced iron pellets comprises the steps of heating iron oxide pellets incorporating carbonaceous material to yield reduced iron pellets having an apparent density of not more than 4.0 g/cm3, cooling the hot reduced i... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6241804 | Process for producing iron briquettes and/or cold iron sponge A process and apparatus for producing iron briquettes and/or cold iron sponge, in which charge materials (3) which contain lumpy material containing iron oxide are introduced into the reduction zone (2) of a reduction reactor (1), then a hot reduction gas... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6214087 | Treatment of iron oxide agglomerates before introduction into furnace A method for producing solid metal product is disclosed including the steps of providing carbon and metal bearing compounds in compacts, coating the compacts with treatment materials, encapsulating the compacts with carbonaceous containing materials to fo... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6152983 | Method of producing reduced iron pellets A carbonaceous material is controlled such that the amount of carbon is from 7 to 60 mass % based on the total amount of iron and Zn in a starting mixture comprising one or more of ducts containing iron oxide and Zn oxide and a binder in an amount to bond... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149709 | Method of making iron and steel Molten iron is prepared by (1) providing iron oxide and a carbonaceous reducing agent, (2) preparing a shaped product from the carbonaceous reducing agent and the iron oxide, (3) preparing solid reduced iron from the shaped product, wherein the solid redu... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6120577 | Treatment of steel mill waste metal oxides A process of recovering iron values and separating zinc oxides and other contaminants from steel mill waste metal oxides, such as blast furnace dust, BOF dust, mill scale and oily sludges, characterized by iron metallization levels up to 95% or more and z... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6083296 | Method of producing metals and metal alloys A method and an apparatus for producing metals and metal alloys from metal oxides in a metallurgical vessel containing a molten bath having a metal layer and a slag layer is disclosed. The method is characterized by injecting a carrier gas and a solid car... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6063156 | Production method of metallic iron A method for producing a molten iron from a compact containing a carbonaceous reductant and an iron oxide is carried out extremely efficiently with a simple operation. The compact is supplied to a molten iron bath or a molten slag on the molten iron bath ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5891214 | Smelting reduction method with increased effectiveness The invention relates to a method for increasing the effectiveness of the smelting reduction of oxidic metal carriers, particularly iron ore, and improving the heat efficiency of the charged fuels in the smelting reduction process which takes place in a r... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5873924 | Desulfurizing mix and method for desulfurizing molten iron A desulfurization composition contains from about 3% to about 20% particulate metallic aluminum, about 5% to about 30% particulate alumina, about 0.5% to about 12% particulate hydrocarbon material or other gas generating composition and the balance lime p... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873925 | Process for treating iron bearing material A process for treating iron-bearing material with a carbonaceous material to form a mixture, wherein the amount of carbonaceous material added exceeds the stoichiometric amount required to reduce the metal oxide to elemental metal. In one embodiment, the ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5855645 | Production of more concentrated iron product from industrial waste materials streams A method for producing a more concentrated iron product from an industrial waste materials stream comprising iron and non-iron constituents such as EAF and basic oxygen furnace dust generally comprising the steps of compacting or briquetting the waste mat... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5849063 | Production of direct reduced iron and/or pig iron from industrial waste streams A method for producing direct reduced iron or/and pig iron from an industrial waste materials stream such as EAF and blast furnace dust generally comprising the steps of separating the materials contained in the waste materials stream by magnetic separati... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5782957 | Process for treating iron bearing material A process for treating iron-bearing material with a carbonaceous material to form a dry mixture, wherein the amount of carbonaceous material added exceeds the stoichiometric amount required to reduce the metal oxide to elemental metal. In one embodiment, ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5695543 | Method for metal reduction of steel waste products A method and system for recovering metal from steel waste products is disclosed. This method and system works on such hazardous and/or toxic wastes as mill scale, flue dust and slag. This method and system operates by mixing the steel waste produce with a... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5665140 | Method for the production of iron carbide A method for producing iron carbide for use as an iron source in steelmaking is provided. The method can use a wide range of feedstocks without depending on natural gas by using other forms of carbon as the carburizing source. The present method accomplis... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5516358 | Method for the production of iron carbide A method for producing iron carbide for use as an iron source in steelmaking is provided. The method can use a wide range of feedstocks without depending on natural gas by using other forms of carbon as the carburizing source. The present method accomplis... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5486229 | Raw material for producing ferrite dust for friction elements and method of reducing the same A raw material for producing ferrite dust for friction elements and a method of producing reduced ferrite dust, capable of using, as the raw material, various collected sludge and dust which are by-products obtained at iron factories. The sludge has solid... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5350434 | Process and apparatus for making molten steel The process for making a refined molten steel includes melting preheated solid iron sources and solid carbon sources in a melting vessel with heat generated by electric arc to form a carbon-containing molten material and then melting other preheated solid... | 09/27/1994 |
| 4836847 | Method for reclaiming metal values from electric arc furnace flue dust and sludge and rendering residual solids recyclable or non-hazardous A method for the pyrometallurgical treatment of environmentally hazardous steelmill flue dust and sludges to separate and recover the volatile heavy metals from the flue dust material and to convert the remaining iron into recyclable directly reduced iron... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4802919 | Method for processing oxidic materials in metallurgical waste A method for processing metallurgical waste characterized by collecting metallurgical waste containing oxides of such metals as lead and zinc which when reduced form volatile and non-volatile metals; compacting a mixture of metallurgical waste, carbonaceo... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4765829 | Treating lead- and zinc-containing steelmaking byproducts According to the instant invention fine and very fine granular zinc- and lead-containing oxidic byproducts are mixed with thermally inert additives and are hot briquetted with caking coal as a binder at a temperature of 490°&#b1;40° C. using sufficient ... | 08/23/1988 |
