摘要 |
A rotary device for treating molten metal, said device comprising a hollow shaft (30) at one end of which is a rotor (40), said rotor (40) having:—a roof (42) and a base (44), said roof (42) and base (44) being spaced apart and connected by a plurality of dividers (50); a passage (52) being defined between each adjacent pair of dividers (50) and the roof (42) and the base (44), each passage (52) having an inlet (54) in an inner surface of the rotor (40) and an outlet (56) in a peripheral surface of the rotor (40), each outlet (56) having a greater cross-sectional area than the respective inlet (54) and being disposed radially outward therefrom; a flow path being defined through the shaft (30) into the inlets (54) of the passages (52) and out of the outlets (56); and a chamber (48) in which mixing of the molten metal and gas can take place; wherein a plurality of first cut-outs (58a) are provided in the roof (42) and a plurality of second cut outs (58b) are provided in the base (44), each of the first and second cut outs (58a, 58b) being contiguous with one of the passages (52). The invention also resides in the rotor (40) per se, a metal treatment unit (170) for degassing and/or for addition of metal treatment substances comprising rotary device of the invention and a method of treating molten metal using the device.
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