Starting a smelting process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9309579
APP PUB NO 20140345425A1
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14363217

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A method of starting a smelting process in a smelting vessel includes heating frozen slag and forming molten slag and draining molten slag from a forehearth connection via a forehearth and establishing a clear flow path through the forehearth connection and thereafter hot starting the smelting process.

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TATA STEEL LIMITEDJAMSHEDPUR JHARKHAND 831001

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dry, Rodney James City Beach, AU 49 397
Meijer, Hendrikus Koenraad Albertus Uitgeest, NL 12 15
Pilote, Jacques Doubleview, AU 17 27

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