APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF SPONGY TITANIUM AND ITS VERSIONS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: nonferrous metallurgy. SUBSTANCE: apparatus contains retort-type reactor with bottom branch pipe, false bottom, vacuum eductor, vacuum eductor valve, and cooler. Valve is set up on retort-condenser bottom branch pipe and connected with vacuum eductor, and ratio of working space of retort-reactor to its total space is (0.85-0.95):1. In another version, vacuum eductor with valve is mounted in the flange of cover. In this case vacuum eductor is arranged eccentrically above, below or in the plane of horizontal cross-section of cover flange, cover being symmetrical with respect to horizontal cross-section of flange. EFFECT: improved design. 6 cl, 2 dwg