An automatic on-line sinter mix permeability control device for increasing the productivity of sinter machines in steel plants, comprising a water supplying pipe 7 fitted with a water controller/actuator assembly 8, an orifice plate 7A, tv/o water flow meters 7B and 7C placed one on each side of the orifice plate 7A; a balling drum 9 into which water is sprayed from the outlet end of pipe 7; a shuttle conveyor 10 for carrying the wet sinter mix 10A underneath the open bottom end of the balling drum 9, and underneath an infra red moisture meter 6; a shuttle hopper 11 into which the wet sinter mix 14 is delivered from the shuttle conveyor 10; tv/o load cells 1A and 1B, fitted to the shuttle hopper, for weighing the wet sinter mix contained therein; a drum feeder 12 provided at the bottom of the shuttle hopper 11 to discharge the v/et sinter mix into a sinter machine 15; an air compressor unit 5 to supply compressed air at predetermined pressure and flow rate; a pipe 13 having its inlet end connected to the compressor unit 5 and outlet end embedded in the v/et sinter mix contained in the shuttle hopper 11 and being fitted with an air pressure transducer 2, an orifice plate 4 and two air flow transducers 3A and 3B placed one on each side of the orifice plate 4 and connected to an air pressure-drop transducer 3; and a personal computer 16 of type DDC/Industrial PC provided with a software 17 developed for computing the optimum moisture content of the wet sinter mix based on the electrical signals supplied to the computer from each of the said water flow meters 7B and 7C, infra red moisture meter 6, load cells 1A and 1B, air pressure transducer 2, air flow transducers 3A and 3B, and air pressure-drop transducer 3 together with other necessary data and applying the computed signal to the water controller/actuator assembly 8 for controlling automatically the flow rate of v/ater through the pipe 7 for maintaining the moisture content of the v/et sinter mix at an optimum level for increasing the productivity of sintering machines.Reference: Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.
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| 1 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-specification.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 2 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-reply to examination report.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 3 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-pa.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 4 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-letter patent.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 5 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-form 6.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 6 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-form 3.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 7 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-form 2.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 8 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-form 1.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 9 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-examination report.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 10 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-drawings.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 11 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-description (complete).pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 12 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-correspondence.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 13 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-claims.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 14 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-assignment.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 15 | 2113-cal-1998-granted-abstract.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 16 | 02113-cal-1998 p.a.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 17 | 02113-cal-1998 form-5.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 18 | 02113-cal-1998 form-3.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 19 | 02113-cal-1998 form-2.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 20 | 02113-cal-1998 form-1.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 21 | 02113-cal-1998 drawings.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 22 | 02113-cal-1998 description(complete).pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 23 | 02113-cal-1998 correspondence.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 24 | 02113-cal-1998 assignment.pdf | 2011-10-07 |
| 25 | 02113-cal-1998 abstract.pdf | 2011-10-07 |