A method and an installation (10) for removing slag allows both slag removal and metal recovery from slag (60′) to be performed quickly and easily. The risk of slag fires is reduced.

A method and an installation (10) for removing slag allows both slag removal and metal recovery from slag (60′) to be performed quickly and easily. The risk of slag fires is reduced.

A method for breaking down a mixture, which is present in the form of solid particles, consisting of: (A) 0 to 99% by weight of metallic ruthenium, (B) 0 to 50% by weight of at least one element other than ruthenium, which is present in elementary form, selected from the group of elements of the atomic numbers 13, 21-30, 39-42, 45-52, and 72-83, (C) 0 to 99% by weight of ruthenium oxide, (D) 0 to 70% by weight of at least one solid element oxide other than ruthenium, (E) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one inorganic substance other than (A) to (D), and (F) 0 to 3% by weight of at least one organic substance, wherein the sum of the % by weight of the compounds (A) to (F) is 100% by weight and the ruthenium content of the mixture is 2 to 99% by weight, and wherein the method comprises the steps of: (1) optionally mixing said mixture with alkali carbonate by forming a blend, (2) alkaline oxidizing breakdown of the mixture or of the blend, respectively, formed in optional step (1) into molten potassium hydroxide using a gaseous oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of air, oxygen, and air/oxygen mixtures, and without use of nitrate, and (3) cooling down the breakdown material formed in step (2) to a temperature below its solidification temperature, wherein the gaseous oxidizing agent is introduced into the melt in step (2).

A method for breaking down a mixture, which is present in the form of solid particles, consisting of: (A) 0 to 99% by weight of metallic ruthenium, (B) 0 to 50% by weight of at least one element other than ruthenium, which is present in elementary form, selected from the group of elements of the atomic numbers 13, 21-30, 39-42, 45-52, and 72-83, (C) 0 to 99% by weight of ruthenium oxide, (D) 0 to 70% by weight of at least one solid element oxide other than ruthenium, (E) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one inorganic substance other than (A) to (D), and (F) 0 to 3% by weight of at least one organic substance, wherein the sum of the % by weight of the compounds (A) to (F) is 100% by weight and the ruthenium content of the mixture is 2 to 99% by weight, and wherein the method comprises the steps of: (1) optionally mixing said mixture with alkali carbonate by forming a blend, (2) alkaline oxidizing breakdown of the mixture or of the blend, respectively, formed in optional step (1) into molten potassium hydroxide using a gaseous oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of air, oxygen, and air/oxygen mixtures, and without use of nitrate, and (3) cooling down the breakdown material formed in step (2) to a temperature below its solidification temperature, wherein the gaseous oxidizing agent is introduced into the melt in step (2).

A vortex injection system for a metal recycling furnace a delacquering chamber and a melt chamber, and a molten metal flow channel running through each chamber. The system diverts a portion of the molten metal flow through a vortex bowl, after which that portion of the molten metal flow is then returned to the main molten metal flow. The vortex bowl has an insertion port through which scrap metal and other materials may be controllably injected into the molten metal flow.

A vortex injection system for a metal recycling furnace a delacquering chamber and a melt chamber, and a molten metal flow channel running through each chamber. The system diverts a portion of the molten metal flow through a vortex bowl, after which that portion of the molten metal flow is then returned to the main molten metal flow. The vortex bowl has an insertion port through which scrap metal and other materials may be controllably injected into the molten metal flow.

A vortex injection system for a metal recycling furnace a delacquering chamber and a melt chamber, and a molten metal flow channel running through each chamber. The system diverts a portion of the molten metal flow through a vortex bowl, after which that portion of the molten metal flow is then returned to the main molten metal flow. The vortex bowl has an insertion port through which scrap metal and other materials may be controllably injected into the molten metal flow.

A vortex injection system for a metal recycling furnace a delacquering chamber and a melt chamber, and a molten metal flow channel running through each chamber. The system diverts a portion of the molten metal flow through a vortex bowl, after which that portion of the molten metal flow is then returned to the main molten metal flow. The vortex bowl has an insertion port through which scrap metal and other materials may be controllably injected into the molten metal flow.

A system for the recovery of titanium, titanium alloys, zirconium and zirconium alloys is disclosed. The system is fed with a mixture of chips including titanium chips, titanium alloy chips, zirconium chips and zirconium alloy chips, ferromagnetic chips and electrically conductive non-ferromagnetic chips. The system has at least one magnetic separator, a drying device and an Eddy current separator.

A system for the recovery of titanium, titanium alloys, zirconium and zirconium alloys is disclosed. The system is fed with a mixture of chips including titanium chips, titanium alloy chips, zirconium chips and zirconium alloy chips, ferromagnetic chips and electrically conductive non-ferromagnetic chips. The system has at least one magnetic separator, a drying device and an Eddy current separator.