| 摘要 |
<p>A ladle arrangement intended for use when treating a metal melt, in which gas or gas/powder mixture is delivered to the melt (2) which substantially fills the ladle (1), and departing gases are extracted by suction through a hood mounted above the ladle. The inventive ladle arrangement is effective to permit the gas or gas/powder mixture to be delivered to the melt in a large volumetric flow, wherewith the melt will bubble and splash vigorously. For the purpose of restricting the effects of these melt splashes to a defined space above the melt (2), the gas extraction hood has the form of a lid (7) which is intended to substantially seal against the upper edge of the ladle (1). The lid is configured so that the volume (6) defined by the lid above the melt will correspond to a substantial part, preferably at least half, of the volume of the melt (2) in the ladle (1). The side surfaces of the lid (7) define splash-droplet pathways operative to return the droplets to the melt in the ladle. The invention also relates to a method of treating a metal melt in a ladle.</p> |
