Process and apparatus for introducing metal chips into a molten bath thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A process for the introduction of metal chips especially scrap metal chips, into a molten mass of the metal of which said chips are formed, wherein the essentially dry chips are first compacted and placed into strip form, and then introduced into the molten metal bath in such strip form in an essentially continuous manner is, disclosed. A cleaning flux is also advantageously incorporated with the chips, into the compacted and strip form thereof, and thence into the bath. The metal chips after, compacting and placing into strip form are introduced, directly into the molten metal bath through the skin of metal oxide existing on its surface and caused to become a part of the metal pool beneath …