Melt processing apparatus with tiltable melt receptacle

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A melt processing apparatus having an elongated processing receptacle tiltable about a generally horizontal axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said receptacle for producing iron-carbon melt with nodular graphite the apparatus comprising a generally horizontally extending beam directly coupled to and supporting the receptacle the, receptacle and the beam generally being in the same horizontal plane, a vertical column; and means for supporting the beam on the column, the supporting means being arranged at least partially underneath the beam for vertical movement thereof along the column, the beam, the supporting means and the receptacle being swivelable as a unit about …