METALLURGICAL FURNACE INSTALLATION FOR USE IN COPPER SMELTING PROCESS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING ANODE SCRAP INTO FURNACE

摘要

A metallurgical furnace installation for use incopper-smelting process is disclosed which includes a metallurgicalfurnace, a charging assembly for introducing anode scrap intothe furnace through an opening, and an impingement-preventingdevice attached to the charging assembly for preventing theanode scrap from impinging on a furnace bottom upon charging,whereby the furnace bottom will not be damaged. Theimpingement-preventing device may be a turning mechanismattached to a chute for turning the anode scrap beingintroduced, or may be a bending press for bending a leading endof the anode scrap. Additionally, a method for charging anodescrap into a metallurgical furnace of a copper smeltinginstallation is also disclosed.