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Abstract

Plasma-arc furnace for continuously melting metals, particularly for melting down recovered light-metal scrap, comprising a trough-shaped melting vessel with a substantially vertical stack thereabove, a feeding device above the stack for feeding in materials to be melted, a sump below the vessel and a charge chute between the vessel and the sump, with at least two plasma-arc burners so arranged that base points of their arcs are within an area of transition from the chute to the sump, a stirring device, removing means for molten metal, and means for scrubbing and cleaning exhausted plasma gas so that the latter can be discharged into the atmosphere.

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