Installation for burning-out scrap metal

Claim 1

An installation for burning-out scrap metal goods for the purpose of reclaiming scrap metal, comprising: (a) at least one furnace wagon, which is capable of being loaded with the scrap metal goods to be burned-out; (b) at least one burning-out chamber into which said furnace wagon is movable for burning-out the scrap metal goods to produce scrap steel; (c) means for heating said burning-out chamber to a temperature of at least about 600° C.; (d) at least one afterburning chamber communicating with said burning-out chamber for afterburning flue gases produced in the burning-out chamber at a temperature from about 1100° to 1200° C.; (e) a waste gas purifying plant communicating with said afterburning chamber for eliminating the flue gas impurities and for the scrubbing of the flue gases originating from the afterburning chamber; (f) at least one cooling chamber arranged adjacent to and in selective communication with said burning-out chamber for cooling the burned-out material, said cooling chamber being connected at the charging end of each burning-out chamber; (g) each of said burning-out chambers including a door which is arranged at the charging end and which seals so as to be impervious to smoke; (h) each of said heating means in each of said burning-out chambers comprising a plurality of selectively operable burners positioned along the length of said burning-out chamber; (i) a plurality of rails for driving said furnace wagons into the burning-out and cooling chambers; and (j) said furnace wagon having a floor, said floor having a slope leading from the center to both longitudinal sides, along which sides gullies are provided for catching melting metal.