Industrial electric heating furnaces inventions 08/06

20060193364 - Graphite electrode for steelmaking: The present invention provides a graphite electrode for an electric arc furnace used for steelmaking which can effectively suppress oxidation and consumption of the graphite electrode used for an electric steelmaking furnace during the operation and reduce the electrode consumption rate. The graphite electrode is used for an electric steelmaking...

20060193365 - Spacer for spacing preforms in a furnace and method for spacing preforms in a furnace using same: A furnace spacer (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150) for spacing a first annular preform (124) from a second annular preform (124), each of the first and second annular preforms (124) having an outer periphery (130) and a width and an inner opening (126) having...

20060193366 - Heating element structure with efficient heat generation and mechanical stability: An embodiment of the present invention is a heating element structure. A first tray has an inner boundary and an outer boundary. The inner and outer boundaries define a space. A first heating element fit to the first tray and surrounding the inner boundary generates heat when power is applied....

20060193367 - Continuous casting installation & process: A continuous casting installation includes a furnace (2) for heating metal to a first liquid metal temperature, a degassing unit (4), a filter (6), a heating unit (8) and a casting machine (10). The casting machine (10) includes a pair of casting rollers and a nozzle arranged to deliver liquid...

20060176928 - Substrate processing apparatus, control method adopted in substrate processing apparatus and program: A substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of processing chambers, discharge systems each provided in conjunction with one of the processing chambers and a common discharge system connected with the discharge systems of at least two processing chambers among the discharge systems provided in conjunction...