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(11) EP 0 332 926 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.02.1990 Bulletin 1990/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/38

(21) Application number: 89103492.8

(22) Date of filing: 28.02.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: F27B 9/24, F27B 9/04, C21D 1/74, H05B 3/62, F27B 9/06, F27D 3/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 15.03.1988 IT 337288

(71) Applicant: NUOVA MATRIX S.r.l.
I-40132 Bologna (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Belluzzi, Dante
    I-40132 Bologna (IT)

(74) Representative: Modiano, Guido, Dr.-Ing. et al
Modiano & Associati S.r.l. Via Meravigli, 16
20123 Milano
20123 Milano (IT)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Continuous furnace for sintering pressed metal powders


    (57) Continuous furnace for sintering pressed metal powders, constituted by a furnace traversed by a plurality of transverse, parallel, adjacent and continuously rotating rollers (9) made of refractory material which operate in an inert-gas atmosphere, and comprising gas sealing means (11) and burners arranged at the inlet and at the outlet of the furnace and adapted to eliminate by combustion any traces of oxidating gases.







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