SHAFT FURNACE CONDITION MONITORING

• Main Authors: MAGGIOLI, Nicolas, TOCKERT, Paul, HEINEN, Yves, DE GRUITER, Christian
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.05.2024
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS,IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KINDOF FURNACE; FURNACES; FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; KILNS; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS; OVENS; PHYSICS; RETORTS; TESTING; WEAPONS

The invention relates to a wear detection probe (24) and cooling element featuring with the wear detection probe (24) embedded therein. The wear detection probe (24) includes a plurality of conductive loops (28) positioned at predetermined depths below the front face of said cooling plate body and are electrically insulated therefrom, each loop being connected to a pair of terminals (30) on the rear face of the body, so that wear of said body can be detected by a change of an electrical characteristic of a said loop(s) due to abrasion. The conductive loops are formed as U-shaped conductive lines on a board (42). The probe (24) is arranged in a through bore (26) or blind bore in the body. The probe (24) comprises a cylindrical housing surrounding said board with said conductive loops, the cylindrical housing having a shape matching the shape of the bore. The cylindrical housing is made from the same material as the cooling plate body (12).