	US 12,188,720 B2
	Apparatus and methods for the drying treatment of an inductor
Giuseppe Muscarnera, Siano (IT); and Enzo Gigante, Porpetto (IT)
Assigned to DANIELI AUTOMATION S.P.A., Buttrio (IT)
Appl. No. 17/433,235
Filed by DANIELI AUTOMATION S.P.A., Buttrio (IT)
PCT Filed Feb. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IT2020/050036 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 23, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/170285, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000002549 (IT), filed on Feb. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146198 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 6/06 (2006.01); C21D 1/42 (2006.01); C21D 11/00 (2006.01); F26B 3/347 (2006.01); F26B 13/10 (2006.01); F26B 23/04 (2006.01)

CPC F26B 3/347 (2013.01) [C21D 1/42 (2013.01); C21D 11/005 (2013.01); F26B 23/04 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. An apparatus for the off-line drying treatment, or dry out, of an inductor for billets, comprising: a coil and a protection body made of refractory material and defining a transit channel for the billets, wherein said apparatus comprises a heating device comprising at least one electric resistance configured to transform the electrical energy received into radiant heat and to act as a false billet, wherein said electric resistance has size and characteristics correlated to the sizes and characteristics of a real billet the inductor be made to pass in the transit channel of the inductor, with an oblong development along a longitudinal axis and located, during use, inside the transit channel of the inductor, a support structure configured to support said resistance cantilevered in such a way that its axis of longitudinal development is oriented substantially horizontally, power supply devices configured to supply electrical energy to said resistance, and a control and command unit configured to command said power supply devices and regulate the functioning of said resistance according to a predefined program.