Fixing device for steel scrap to be fed into a metallurgical melt container and preheating device

摘要

The fixing device (2) comprises a vertical shaft (8) surrounded by a housing wall for receiving a steel scrap (6), and electromagnets, arranged on the shaft, by which the steel scrap is fixed inside a hopper. The magnets are fixed on an outside of the housing wall, and further arranged in vertically spaced horizontal planes. The fixing device further comprises a mechanical retaining element arranged inside of the shaft. The retaining element is made of objects.