A method of melting a charge in a double-pass tilt rotary furnace having a door, including operating a first burner at a first firing rate, the first burner being mounted in a lower portion of the door and producing a first flame having a length; operating a second burner at a second firing rate, the second burner being mounted in an upper portion of the door and producing a second flame having a length, the second flame being distal from the charge relative to the first flame; in an initial phase when the solids in the charge impede the first flame, controlling the second firing rate to be greater than the first firing rate; and in an later phase after melting of the solids in the charge sufficiently that the first flame is not impeded, controlling the first firing rate to be greater than the second firing rate.

A molten metal scrap submergence system comprising a furnace and a vortexing scrap submergence well. The vortexing scrap submergence well includes a diverter suspended above the well and oriented for immersion in a bath of molten metal circulating within the well. The system, or an alternative scrap submergence system, can include a hood element disposed in an overlapping position with regard to a top opening of the scrap submergence well. The hood at least substantially seals the top opening. The hood element includes a scrap piece feed chute and a burner allowing carbon containing vapor evaporated from the surface of the molten scrap pieces to combust and form predominantly water. The system, or an alternative scrap submergence system can include internal side walls of the well with a first diameter portion adjacent and above said ramp and a second, larger diameter portion above said first portion.

A method of melting a charge in a double-pass tilt rotary furnace having a door, including operating a first burner at a first firing rate, the first burner being mounted in a lower portion of the door and producing a first flame having a length; operating a second burner at a second firing rate, the second burner being mounted in an upper portion of the door and producing a second flame having a length, the second flame being distal from the charge relative to the first flame; in an initial phase when the solids in the charge impede the first flame, controlling the second firing rate to be greater than the first firing rate; and in an later phase after melting of the solids in the charge sufficiently that the first flame is not impeded, controlling the first firing rate to be greater than the second firing rate.

In a method of manufacturing metal powders in a continuous type, metal is heated at a temperature greater than a melting point to form a liquid phase metal, and the liquid phase metal and an emulsion carrier, which is emulsified without reacting with the liquid phase metal, are supplied into a container, and the liquid phase metal and the emulsion carrier are emulsified through Taylor flow to form an emulsion solution. The emulsion solution is discharged from the container, and then, the emulsion solution is cooled at a temperature smaller than the melting point to selectively solidifying the liquid phase metal in the emulsion solution to form the metal powders.

The invention relates to a method for controlling a combustion in a furnace (100) which is heated by a burner (160) with at least one oxygen lance (120), wherein a fuel is supplied via a fuel supply (110) of the burner (110) and oxygen is supplied at least in part with a high speed of 100 m/s or more by the at least one oxygen lance (120), and wherein oxygen in an overstoichiometric range is supplied. The invention further relates to a furnace (100) for carrying out said method.

The present application discloses an on-line aluminum scrap remelting device, comprising an aluminum scrap conveying device, a primary aluminum scrap purification device, a remote aluminum scrap transport device, an ultimate aluminum scrap purification device, and a feed remelting device. The application further discloses an on-line aluminum scrap remelting process, comprises machined scrap removal, underground aluminum scrap transport collection, temporary storage, crushing, spin-drying, remote transport, secondary magnetic separation, drying, weighing, remelting, tempering, and use.

A molten metal scrap submergence system comprising a furnace and a vortexing scrap submergence well. The vortexing scrap submergence well includes a diverter suspended above the well and oriented for immersion in a bath of molten metal circulating within the well. The system, or an alternative scrap submergence system, can include a hood element disposed in an overlapping position with regard to a top opening of the scrap submergence well. The hood at least substantially seals the top opening. The hood element includes a scrap piece feed chute and a burner allowing carbon containing vapor evaporated from the surface of the molten scrap pieces to combust and form predominantly water. The system, or an alternative scrap submergence system can include internal side walls of the well with a first diameter portion adjacent and above said ramp and a second, larger diameter portion above said first portion.

The invention relates to an aluminum scrap melting system (1) comprising a melting furnace (10) comprising a burner (20) which comprises an oxidant injector (23), and a fuel injector (25); a suction hood (30) intended to capture by suction the combustion fumes (F) and comprising a carbon monoxide sensor (37) configured to measure a carbon monoxide concentration (C) in said combustion fumes (F); and a control device (50) configured to receive an item of input information representative of the value of the carbon monoxide concentration (C), and to pilot the oxidant injector (23) and/or the fuel injector (25), according to said item of input information, the oxidant and fuel flows being piloted to contain the volatile organic compound content (VOC) at the output of the melting furnace at concentrations less than a safety value. The invention also relates to a process for melting aluminum scrap with such a melting system (1).

In a method of manufacturing metal powders in a continuous type, metal is heated at a temperature greater than a melting point to form a liquid phase metal, and the liquid phase metal and an emulsion carrier, which is emulsified without reacting with the liquid phase metal, are supplied into a container, and the liquid phase metal and the emulsion carrier are emulsified through Taylor flow to form an emulsion solution. The emulsion solution is discharged from the container, and then, the emulsion solution is cooled at a temperature smaller than the melting point to selectively solidifying the liquid phase metal in the emulsion solution to form the metal powders.

A furnace has a melting chamber with a periphery defined by a surrounding wall structure. The furnace is provided with a purge system configured to direct inert gas to flow downward in the melting chamber in the configuration of a curtain that adjoins the wall structure and reaches only partially around the periphery of the melting chamber.