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WIPO: Inventor in Australia Develops Refractory Lining Material Removal Apparatus

GENEVA, Oct. 6 - Vincent Paul Clarke of Waroona, Australia, has developed a method for removing refractory lining material.

According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, "Method and apparatus for the removal of refractory lining material in a large industrial vessel comprising removing or displacing all gas ducting and feeding provisions from the top of said vessel, installing a headframe at the top of said vessel, lowering a mobile work platform into the interior space of said vessel supported on a cable from a remotely-controllable hoist fixed to said head frame, steadying said work platform in place adjacent a work zone in said vessel with ...

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