STAVE COOLER FOR METALLURGICAL FURNACE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING STAVE COOLER Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC C21B7/10 

FIELD: metallurgy.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to metallurgy, specifically to metallurgical furnace coolers. Stave cooler for a metallurgical furnace, in particular for a blast furnace, comprises panel-like body having a front face which faces the interior of said metallurgical furnace, an opposite rear face, an upper face, an opposite lower face and two side faces, and at least one internal coolant passage arranged within said panel-like body and a ledge on said front face, said ledge extending between said side faces and arranged in a horizontal plane. Stave cooler comprises at least one protection element covering at least part of an upper face of said ledge, wherein each said protection element comprises a first lateral portion, a second lateral portion and a central portion, said first and second lateral portions each having a widened front section and a narrow connection section. Panel-like body is provided with at least one through hole, said at least one through hole being arranged for passing each of said first and second lateral portions and said central portion of said protection element therethrough in turn.

EFFECT: longer service life of the stave cooler.

23 cl, 9 dwg