CONNECTION CONVEYOR FOR LOADING A METAL CHARGE INTO A MELTING PLANT.

摘要

Connection conveyor (10) used for loading a metal charge into a melting plant or furnace (11) of the type that uses a loading system with a main conveyor (15) and introduction of the charge from one side of the furnace (11) . The connection conveyor (10) has a cradle structure having lateral (24a) and bottom (24b) walls. The cradle structure is made from a metal sheet (23) suitably bent so as to form a substantially U-shaped profile. Outside the sheet (23) a plurality of cooling panels (25) are closely associated, disposed one adjacent to the other so as to form a substantially continuous covering, and each of which is formed by at least a tube (26) inside which cooling liquid circulates. The cooling panels not only perform their own function of uniformly cooling the cradle structure, preventing the formation of points or zones subject to differentiated overheating, but also function as elements of structural stiffening.