Industrial electric heating furnaces inventions 01/09

20090010299 - Apparatus for adjusting an electrode for a metallurgical furnace: In an apparatus (1) for adjusting an electrode (5) of a metallurgical furnace, in particular a furnace for resistance operation having a furnace lid (15), comprising a clamping ring (3) and a holder ring (4, 14), the holder ring (4, 14) is designed to be arranged in the furnace lid... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20090010300 - Electrode robot for adding electrodes having threaded connectors of various thread pitches: A device for adding graphite electrodes onto an electrode column is provided. This device, also known as an electrode robot, includes an engagement mechanism capable of being easily adapted to a plurality of thread pitches so that the device can add different electrodes having threaded connectors of different thread pitches.... Agent: Graftech International Holdings, Inc.