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EP 0144578 B1 19880622 - COOLING PANEL FOR METALLURGICAL FURNACES, ESPECIALLY BLAST FURNACES

Title (en)

COOLING PANEL FOR METALLURGICAL FURNACES, ESPECIALLY BLAST FURNACES

Publication

EP 0144578 B1 19880622 (DE)

Application

EP 84111336 A 19840922

Priority

DE 3339734 A 19831103

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0144578A1] 1. Plate cooler made from cast material with integrally cast cooling pipes for the water cooling of metallurgical furnaces, particularly blast furnaces, characterized in that the cooling pipes (2) have at the inlet and outlet a circular cross-section and in the straight part within the cooler an oval cross-section, the axial ratio b:a in the oval section being between 1:1,2 and 1:15.

IPC 1-7

C21B 7/10

IPC 8 full level

C21B 7/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C21B 7/10 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE DE FR GB IT NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0144578 A1 19850619; EP 0144578 B1 19880622; AT E35287 T1 19880715; DE 3339734 C1 19850314; DE 3472272 D1 19880728

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 84111336 A 19840922; AT 84111336 T 19840922; DE 3339734 A 19831103; DE 3472272 T 19840922