US 12,123,862 B2
Method for handling melt samples in a steelworks laboratory, and steelworks laboratory
Reinhard Teutenberg, Unna (DE); and Alexander Peters, Beckum (DE)
Assigned to thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH, Beckum (DE); and thyssenkrupp AG, Essen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/417,152
Filed by thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Essen (DE); and thyssenkrupp AG, Essen (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052371
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/161003, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 103 029.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074911 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G01N 19/06 (2006.01); G01N 23/223 (2006.01); G01N 33/205 (2019.01)
CPC G01N 33/205 (2019.01) [G01N 19/06 (2013.01); G01N 23/223 (2013.01); G01N 35/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for handling melt samples in a steelworks laboratory, the method comprising:
processing and/or analyzing a melt sample in a first treatment apparatus;
transporting the melt sample after the processing and/or analyzing via a first transport path to a second treatment apparatus where the melt sample is further processed and/or analyzed, wherein the melt sample is clamped on a sample carrier and transported with the sample carrier between the first and second treatment apparatuses and is positionable in the first and second treatment apparatuses for the respective processing and/or analyzing; and
further comprising at least one of cooling, surface treating, performing X-ray fluorescence analysis, or analyzing by spark emission spectrometry in either the first or second treatment apparatuses.