Objective
In pusher type slab reheat furnaces, because of the construction of the heating zone, heat radiation from the bottom burners is obstructed by the sliding skids which support the slab. This causes temperature differences (skidmarks) along the length of the slab. The soak zone, which includes a hearth of bricks or stone, does reduce the temperature differences, but not sufficiently, because the soak zone is either too short or the required heating rate is too great to be obtainable. The technique chosen to eliminate the temperature differences comprises horizontally-mounted electrical heating elements placed in a tunnel below the bottom stones of the furnace hearth. The proposed method is the only one in which the additional heat is applied directly after the cooling effect of the skids is at its greatest. The innovation needs product and material development. The target of the SMEs is to get new saleable products and to posses a higher level of expertise to use in their conventional activities after the the project is complete. The lifetime of the system must be at least two years, the typical rebuilding frequency for a furnace hearth. At present, hearth materials are not designed for this purpose and the formation of the covering stones must be achieved with more cost-effectiveness than by diamond drilling. Also a compact system to combine with the covering stones in order to achieve a sufficiently short mounting time to suit furnace rebuilt programmes will be developed. The intended project includes a demonstration part. The project is very pre-competive in character because the intended work is in the nature of research and development. The final product development for saleable products must be made by the SMEs on the basis of the project results.
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92320 Siikajoki
Finland
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