Abstract:
The invention concerns a melting furnace for the melting of mineral fibre raw material which furnace comprises a bottom part (1), sidewalls (2) and a cover (3), and supply means for the raw material. The melting furnace is provided with a discharge opening (4) in the sidewall (2) for mineral melt (8) at a distance from the bottom part (2) of the melting furnace, and a discharge opening (6) for emptying the melting furnace, at the level of the bottom part (2). The melting furnace further comprises an additional discharge opening (7) for discharging of iron melt (11) formed during the melting process provided in the sidewall (2) at a level above the discharge opening (6) for emptying the melting furnace, but at a level below the discharge opening (4) for the mineral melt (8).
Abstract:
The invention describes a melting furnace for melting of raw materials for mineral fibre production. The furnace carries on its side walls a refractory, optionally multi-layered lining containing materials of different thermal conductivity, whereby the lining comprises at least one layer (14) including a zone (14') with a restricted dimension in the direction of the height of the side wall and arranged at a level corresponding to the melt surface (7) and/or the interface between melt (6) and bottom iron (8) and made of a material of a thermal conductivity which is higher than that of the rest of the material (14'') otherwise in this layer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for the continuous manufacture of a mineral fibre felt. The apparatus comprises a melting furnace (1), means (4) for introducing raw material into the furnace, and a discharge outlet (5) for the mineral melt in form of a melt flow, a device (6) for producing fibres from the melt, and means (8, 9) for collecting these fibres to a fibre felt (7). The apparatus further comprises a device (11) for measuring a parameter of the fibre felt (7) which depends on the melt flow, or for measuring the mass flow through the fiberizing apparatus, a control device (P) where these measured values are compared with set values for the same parameters, and a device, controlled by the control device (P), for regulating the melt flow by e.g. regulating the size of the melt outlet (5) on the basis of the difference between the measured values and the set values of the said parameters.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for lining the side wall in a melting furnace for melting of mineral fibre raw materials. The side wall carries a lining layer (4) of a rammed refractory material, whereby the lining layer (4) is applied by using a self-sacrificial mould wall (5) therefor, which protects the lining while the rammed material sinters to reach its final hardness.
Abstract:
Method and apparatus for controlling the raw material supply to a continuously operated electrical melting furnace provided with electrodes (4) extending from above into the melt, a plurality of supply means (5) for the raw material as well as means (8) for sensing the temperature in a plurality of areas above the melt surface in the furnace. The raw material supply is controlled on the basis of the temperature measurements so as to keep the layer of unmelted raw material on the melt substantially even.