Device for mounting and/or dismantling staves in a shaft furnace
AssigneePaul Wurth S.A.
InventorNicolas Maggioli
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Abstract
A device for mounting and/or dismantling staves on/from an inner wall of a shaft furnace, the device including a circular monorail for supporting at least one stave positioning hoist, where the monorail is divided into at least four separate arc portions, where each arc portion is connected to a neighboring arc portion by means of a rotatable connection, the arc portions are moveable between an unfolded position, in which the arc portions form a circular monorail, and a folded position, in which the overall size of the monorail is, in one direction, reduced.
Claims18
Device for mounting and/or dismantling staves on/from an inner wall of a shaft furnace, the device comprising a circular monorail for supporting at least one stave positioning hoist,
- wherein
- the monorail is divided into at least four separate arc portions, wherein each arc portion is connected to a neighboring arc portion by means of a rotatable connection;
- wherein the arc portions are moveable between an unfolded position, in which the arc portions form a circular monorail, and a folded position, in which the overall size of the monorail is, in one direction, reduced,
- wherein at least one rotatable connection comprises actuating means arranged between neighboring arc portions, the actuating means being configured to move one arc portion relative to its neighboring arc portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.