Brian A Lapoint

US Patent:

20080130704, Jun 5, 2008

Filed:

Oct 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/981328

Inventors:

Albert E. LaPoint - Hermosa Beach CA, US
Brian A. LaPoint - Hermosa Beach CA, US

International Classification:

H05B 3/60
C22B 4/00
C22B 4/08

US Classification:

373 55, 75 1062

Abstract:

A system and a method for electroslag smelting, involving a furnace having a wall, an internal atmosphere, and an external atmosphere; a trough for accommodating an ore being smelted into a molten metal and a slag, the trough being disposed within the furnace; and a carbon electrode having a proximal end and a distal end, the electrode distal end being disposed in the trough, the electrode being submersible in the molten metal, and the electrode being separated from the slag by a ceramic barrier.