FIELD: metallurgy.
SUBSTANCE: said air suspension and reducing agent are placed inside isolated vessel provided with perforated branch pipe located at vessel bottom to make air suspension and communicated with external pipeline for feeding compressed air at excess pressure of 0.1-0.6 kgf/cm2. Raw stock 0.02-1.0 mm-dia particles filled some 20-40% of the volume of said vessel. Said reducing agent represents carbon-bearing compounds contained in compressed air fed to make suspension of particles inside said vessel. Said suspension and reducing agent are subjected to effects of variable rotary magnetic field with intensity in treatment zone of 1.5×103÷1×106 A/m and frequency of 40-70 Hz. Reduction brings about copper particles. Components for generation of aforesaid field are composed of interconnected plates made from permeable material and shaped to rectangle inside which three windings-coils are arranged. Every said coil is electrically connected with appropriate phase of external three-phase power supply. One of said components has through groove that allows fitting into said vessel of cover arranged atop said vessel to inhibit communication with surroundings.
EFFECT: lower costs, simplified design.
2 cl, 3 ex, 2 dwg
