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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
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- F27D1/1642—Repairing linings by projecting or spraying refractory materials on the lining using a gunning apparatus
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
- C10B—DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
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- C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
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- F27D1/1647—Repairing linings by projecting or spraying refractory materials on the lining using a gunning apparatus the projected materials being partly melted, e.g. by exothermic reactions of metals (Al, Si) with oxygen
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
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- F27D1/1642—Repairing linings by projecting or spraying refractory materials on the lining using a gunning apparatus
- F27D1/1647—Repairing linings by projecting or spraying refractory materials on the lining using a gunning apparatus the projected materials being partly melted, e.g. by exothermic reactions of metals (Al, Si) with oxygen
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
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- F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
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Abstract
A ceramic welding process comprising: projecting from a lance outlet of a lance (1) a ceramic welding powder which is capable of being oxidized to form a refractory oxide against an internal heating furnace surface to form a repair 5 lining thereon, in particular on an inner wall (2) of a heating chamber (3) of a coke oven, wherein the welding process is carried out during operation of the coke oven, and wherein during operation of the coke oven said heating chamber (3) is normally closed off with doors on opposite sides of the 10 heating chamber (3), and wherein at least a first door is removed from the heating chamber (3) and replaced by a welding door (5) which substantially closes off the heating chamber (3), and is provided with a central slit (6) through which the lance (1) is projectable from outside to inside the heating 15 chamber (3).
Description
Ceramic welding process and a robot for executing such a ceramic welding process
The invention relates to a ceramic welding process comprising: projecting from a lance outlet of a lance a ceramic welding powder which is capable of being oxidized to form a refractory oxide against an internal heating furnace surface to form a repair lining thereon, in particular on an inner wall of a heating chamber of a coke oven, wherein the welding process is carried out during operation of the coke oven, and wherein during operation of the coke oven said heating chamber is normally closed off with doors on opposite sides of the heating chamber.
US 5,270,075 teaches a ceramic welding process comprising: projecting from a lance outlet a ceramic welding powder comprising a mixture of refractory particles and fuel particles composed of a fuel material which is capable of being oxidized to form a refractory oxide against a surface in at least one stream of carrier gas which, when leaving the lance outlet, contains at least sufficient oxygen for substantially complete oxidation of the fuel particles, whereby sufficient heat is released for at least surface melting of the projected refractory particles and a ceramic weld mass is formed against said surface under the heat of oxidation of the fuel particles; and projecting at least one additional stream of gas selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and a gas containing oxygen against said surface so as to form a gas curtain which is substantially continuous and which surrounds said at least one stream of carrier gas.
US 5,270,075 discusses that ceramic welding is particularly suited to the in situ formation of a refractory mass on a refractory wall of furnaces or other refractory apparatus for the hot repair of the wall. It is preferably implemented when the wall is substantially at its normal operating temperature. It is particularly useful for repairing or reinforcing the walls or wall linings of glass melting furnaces, coke ovens, cement kilns or furnaces used in the petrochemical industry, or refractory apparatus used in ferrous or non-ferrous metal metallurgy. Moreover, the repair can sometimes be carried out during the operation of the furnace, for instance for the repair of a glass melting furnace superstructure, or during the normal operating cycle of the refractory article, for example a steel-pouring ladle can sometimes be repaired within the normal interval between teeming and recharging. The process is also useful for the formation of refractory components, for instance for the surfacing of other refractory substrates.
Although US 5,270,075 teaches that the repair or reinforcement of walls or wall linings of coke ovens can be done during operation, practice has revealed that it is not that simple as it appears from this citation. In particular the repair operation leads to considerable heat loss in the heat chamber which requires repair, and this deteriorates the quality of the coke and also the coke production rate, apart from the fact that it is environmentally unfriendly. Moreover the labor conditions of the persons that carry out the repair operation are harsh, to say the least.
It is therefore an object of the invention to improve the known ceramic welding process, to improve the labor conditions, and to promote that during repair of the wall linings of the chamber production of the coke oven is impaired in the least possible way. Further the invention is intended to improve the environmental conditions during the repair operation.
To promote the object of the invention and to gain further advantages as may become apparent from the following
- 3 = disclosure, a ceramic welding process, a welding door and a robot are proposed in accordance with one or more of the appended claims.
According to a first aspect of the invention at least one door 1s removed from the heating chamber and replaced by a welding door which substantially closes off the heating chamber, and is provided with a central slit through which the lance is projectable from outside to inside the heating chamber. This reduces the amount of heat and fumes that escape to the environment and better maintains the conditions in the heating chamber to meet production demands. Furthermore in as far as the method of the invention still requires the presence of personnel, their labor conditions are vastly improved.
In another aspect of the invention, preceding the projection of the ceramic welding powder to provide a repair lining onto the wall of the heating chamber, the lance is equipped with a camera or a laser scanning means to monitor and provide visual information of the inner wall of the heating chamber so as to identify where the repair lining is required.
This also helps to improve working conditions of the personnel working on the repair. Moreover it brings the possibility to automate the ceramic welding process and execute the repair largely without any direct involvement of personnel.
The automation of the ceramic welding process benefits in particular from the feature that the visual information of the inner wall of the heating chamber that is collected with the camera or laser scanning means, is used to steer and control the lance while it is projected from outside to the inside of the heating chamber and projects the ceramic welding powder onto the wall of the heating chamber so as to accurately provide the repair lining where it is required in the heating chamber.
The benefits of the invention may in particular be achieved with a robot that is externally mountable on a coke oven and equipped with a lance, which robot is equipped with one or more drives for moving the lance from outside to inside a coke oven chamber (and back) through a slit of a welding door which closes off the coke oven chamber, and for moving the lance up and down said slit of the welding door.
As explained above it is particularly beneficial that the robot comprises a controller for steering and controlling the one or more drives.
Further it is desirable that the lance is equipped or can be equipped with a camera or laser scan means that is or are connected to the controller.
The invention is also embodied in a welding door fittable at a machine side or coke side of a heating chamber of a coke oven to substantially close off said heating chamber, wherein the welding door is provided with a central slit for passage of a ceramic welding and/or monitoring lance.
The accompanying drawing, which 1s incorporated into and forms a part of the specification, illustrates one or more embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, serves to explain the principles of the invention.
The drawing is only for the purpose of illustrating one or more embodiments of the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the drawing: -figure 1 shows a front view at a coke oven chamber as seen from a machine side (for pushing out ready coke) or the opposite coke side (where the ready coke is pushed out);
-figure 2 shows a sectional view of the coke oven chamber according to the line A-A in figure 1; figure 3 shows a sectional view of the coke oven chamber according to the line C-C in figure 1; and figure 4 shows a frontal view at the welding door of the invention.
Whenever in the figures the same reference numerals are applied, these numerals refer to the same parts.
US 5,270,075 which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses a ceramic welding process comprising: projecting from a lance outlet of a lance 1 (the lance 1 being best shown in the attached figure 2 and figure 3) a ceramic welding powder which is capable of being oxidized to form a refractory oxide against an internal heating furnace surface to form a repair lining thereon. Since this ceramic welding process is prior art and known to every skilled person for approximately 30 years, it is not necessary to extensively discuss this process herein.
Moreover the process as such is no part of the instant invention, and it is therefore also not required to provide details of the ceramic welding process as such in order to enable the skilled person to work according to the instant invention.
Figures 2 and 3 show that the lance 1 is used to repair an inner wall 2 of a heating chamber 3 of a coke oven. In order to enable that the welding process is carried out during operation of the coke oven, and in order to secure that during operation of the coke oven said heating chamber 3 is closed off with doors on opposite sides of the heating chamber 3, the normal doors are removed from the heating chamber 3 and replaced by a welding door 5 which substantially closes off the heating chamber 3, and is provided with a central slit 6 through which the lance 1 is projectable from outside to inside the heating chamber 3. In figure 2 and figure 3 the welding door 5 of the invention is provided on opposite sides of the heating chamber
3 to enable that the repair activities are carried out simultaneously on both sides of the heating chamber 3, but it is of course also possible to only remove one normal door and place a welding door on only one side of the heating chamber 3, for instance when the repair is only necessary at that one side.
It is remarked that it is within the invention desirable that prior to the projection of the ceramic welding powder to provide a repair lining onto the wall of the heating chamber, the lance is equipped with a camera or a laser scanning means to monitor and provide visual information of the inner wall of the heating chamber so as to identify where the repair lining is required. The camera or laser scanning means may for instance be provided at the extremity 1’ of the lance 1.
The visual information of the inner wall of the heating chamber 3 that is collected with the camera or laser scanning means, is preferably used to steer and control the lance 1 while it is projected from outside to the inside of the heating chamber 3 and projects the ceramic welding powder onto the wall of the heating chamber 3 so as to accurately provide the repair lining where it is required in the heating chamber 3.
With reference 7 a robot is identified that is externally mountable on a coke oven and equipped with a lance 1 as used in the invention. The robot 7 is equipped with one or more drives (not shown) for moving the lance 1 from outside to inside a coke oven chamber 3 (and back) through a slit 6 of a welding door 5 which closes off the coke oven chamber 3, and for moving the lance 1 up and down said slit 6 of the welding door 5. The inward and outward motion of the lance 1 is depicted with arrows 8 in figure 3. The up-and-down motion of the lance 1 is depicted with arrows 9 in figure 2.
It is further remarked that the robot 7 comprises a controller for steering and controlling the one or more drives.
The earlier mentioned camera or laser scan means that are mounted or mountable on the extremity 1’ of the lance 1 is or are connected to said controller.
Finally figure 4 shows a frontal view at the welding door 5 which is fittable at a machine side or coke side of a heating chamber 3 of a coke oven to substantially close off said heating chamber 3. The welding door 5 is provided with a central slit 6 for passage of a ceramic welding and/or monitoring lance 1.
Embodiments of the present invention can include every combination of features that are disclosed herein independently from each other. Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the invention is not restricted to this particular embodiment which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiment shall therefore not be used to construe the append-ed claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiment is merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims to this exemplary embodiment.
The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using this exemplary embodiment.
Variations and modifications of the present invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art and it is intended to cover in the appended claims all such modifications and equivalents. The entire disclosures of all references, applications, patents, and publications cited above are hereby incorporated by reference. Unless specifically stated as being
“essential” above, none of the various components or the interrelationship thereof are essential to the operation of the invention. Rather, desirable results can be achieved by substituting various components and/or reconfiguration of their relationships with one another.
In the following section features of the invention are itemized. 1. A ceramic welding process comprising: projecting from a lance outlet of a lance (1) a ceramic welding powder which is capable of being oxidized to form a refractory oxide against an internal heating furnace surface to form a repair lining thereon, in particular on an inner wall (2) of a heating chamber (3) of a coke oven, wherein the welding process 1s carried out during operation of the coke oven, and wherein during operation of the coke oven said heating chamber {3) is normally closed off with doors on opposite sides of the heating chamber (3), characterized in that at least a first door is removed from the heating chamber (3) and replaced by a welding door (5) which substantially closes off the heating chamber (3), and is provided with a central slit (6) through which the lance {1) is projectable from outside to inside the heating chamber (3). 2. The ceramic welding process of claim 1, characterized in that preceding the projection of the ceramic welding powder to provide a repair lining onto the wall (2) of the heating chamber (3), the lance (1) is equipped with a camera or a laser scanning means to monitor and provide visual information of the inner wall (2) of the heating chamber (3) so as to identify where the repair lining is required. 3. The ceramic welding process of claim 2, characterized in that the visual information of the inner wall
- Gg - (2) of the heating chamber (3) that is collected with the camera or laser scanning means, 1s used to steer and control the lance (1) while it is projected from outside to the inside of the heating chamber (3) and projects the ceramic welding powder onto the wall (2) of the heating chamber (3) so as to accurately provide the repair lining where it is required in the heating chamber (3). 4. Robot (7) externally mountable on a coke oven and equipped with a lance (1), characterized in that the robot (7) is equipped with one or more drives for moving the lance (1) from outside to inside a heating chamber (5) through a slit (6) of a welding door (5) which closes off the coke oven heating chamber (5), and for moving the lance (1) up and down said slit (6) of the welding door (5).
5. Robot according to claim 4, characterized in that the robot comprises a controller for steering and controlling the one or more drives.
6. Robot according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the lance (1) is equipped or can be equipped with a camera or laser scan means that is or are connected to the controller.
7. A welding door (5) fittable at a machine side or coke side of a heating chamber (3) of a coke oven to substantially close off said heating chamber (3), characterized in that the welding door (5) is provided with a central slit (6) for passage of a ceramic welding and/or monitoring lance (6).
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| JPH11152476A (en) * | 1997-11-22 | 1999-06-08 | Sumitomo Heavy Ind Ltd | Furnace lid for coke oven repair |
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