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Process for producing graphite agglomerates, and products obtained by it
Assignee: Industriale Agglomerati E Prodotti Petroliferi SpA Soc (S I A P)
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Filing: 1978-03-07
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Granted: 1980-03-25
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Expires: 1998-03-07
Abstract
Abstract A process for producing graphitic agglomerates, comprising the steps of: ing together in a suitable mixer a very fine graphitic powder, a coal such as anthracite, pitcoal, coke etc., and a binder such as coal tar pitch, starch, lignan and its derivatives such as lignin-sulphonates etc., thermoplastic and thermosetting resins; heating this mixture to about the melting temperature of the binder; and feeding the amalgamated mixture into a moulding press in which it is solidified into ovoid shapes, briquets and the like, or feeding it into a pelletizing plant.
Inventors
- 👤 Mario Gambacorta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 15:20
CPC Classifications
C; C21; C21C; C21C7/00; C21C7/0025; C10; C10L; C10L5/00; C10L5/02; C10L5/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A method of increasing the carbon content of steel and cast iron products during their production, by collecting graphitic dusts resulting from production of graphite electrodes, electrode pastes or graphite anodes; admixing said dusts with (1) a non-graphitic carbon material selected from the group consisting of pit-coal and coke and (2) a binder of coal tar pitch, to form an admixture; heating said admixture to about the melting temperature of the binder so as to obtain an amalgamated mixture; molding the amalgamated mixture to form graphite-containing agglomerates; and adding said graphite-containing agglomerates to a metallurgical bath in which steel or iron is being produced, wherein the non-graphitic carbon material is present in an amount sufficient to reduce the amount of binder required to form said graphite-containing agglomerates so that (a) the concentration of the binder in said agglomerate is low enough to allow dissolution of the agglomerate in said bath and (b) the concentration of the binder in said bath is the highest binder concentration which is acceptable in the ultimate steel or cast iron product.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
176 words
A method of increasing the carbon content of steel and cast iron products during their production, by collecting graphitic dusts resulting from production of graphite electrodes, electrode pastes or graphite anodes; admixing said dusts with (1) a non-graphitic carbon material selected from the group consisting of pit-coal and coke and (2) a binder of coal tar pitch, to form an admixture; heating said admixture to about the melting temperature of the binder so as to obtain an amalgamated mixture; molding the amalgamated mixture to form graphite-containing agglomerates; and adding said graphite-containing agglomerates to a metallurgical bath in which steel or iron is being produced, wherein the non-graphitic carbon material is present in an amount sufficient to reduce the amount of binder required to form said graphite-containing agglomerates so that (a) the concentration of the binder in said agglomerate is low enough to allow dissolution of the agglomerate in said bath and (b) the concentration of the binder in said bath is the highest binder concentration which is acceptable in the ultimate steel or cast iron product.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said graphitic dusts are dusts resulting from the milling of scraps of graphite electrodes or electrode pastes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
Th method according to claim 1, wherein the amalgamated mixture contains by weight (1) 10-50% graphitic powder, resulting from production of graphite electrodes, electrode pastes or graphite anodes, (2) 80-28% non-graphitic carbon material, and (3) 10-22% binder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 3, wherein the amalgamated mixture consists of (1), (2) and (3).
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