US PATENT SUBCLASS 373 / 42
ELECTROSLAG REMELTING DEVICE

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42ELECTROSLAG REMELTING DEVICE {7}
43  DF  .~> Plural furnace units
44  DF  .~> Body detail {1}
46  DF  .~> Start-up
47  DF  .~> Power supply system {2}
51  DF  .~> Electrode replacement
52  DF  .~> Electrode support {1}
54  DF  .~> Electrode {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 373/42

ELECTROSLAG REMELTING DEVICE:

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein during electrode remelting the electrode is immersed in a slag layer which floats on top of the melt.

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15, for electron beam furnace ingot remelting.

21+, for plasma remelting furnaces.

67+, for arc furnace ingot remelting where the ingot is a consumable electrode which is melted by the arc during furnace operation.

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75, Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures,

10.24+, for processes in which an electrode is in electrical contact with a slag and the electrical current therebetween melts the electrode causing the molten metal therefrom to be refined by passing through the slag. 219, Electric Heating,

73.1, for electroslag welding apparatus.

266, Metallurgical Apparatus,

216+, for means for adding a solid, liquid or gaseous substance to molten metal.

314, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices, Consumable Electrodes, appropriate subclasses for consumable electrode devices, per se.