CURRENT DISTRIBUTING RING OF ORE SMELTING FURNACE Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC H05B7/11 F27D11/00 

FIELD: metallurgy.

SUBSTANCE: ring is made as frame consisting of two half rings of high conducting metal insulated one from another. Mounting current conducting brackets are symmetrically secured on different half-rings of the frame. The brackets facilitate installation of the current conducting ring in an electrode column. Pipe bus bars are located inside half-rings of the frame.

EFFECT: reduced electrical losses in packages of short circuit and in ring proper, reduced inductive losses, uniformity of current distribution on contact clamp.

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