Converter torque support

A supporting device for a converter, comprising:

• a baling ring with radially outwardly extending supporting journals for receiving the converter;
• bearing blocks, supported on a foundation, with bearings arranged on the blocks and in which the supporting journals, and consequently the baling ring are rotatably mounted;
• a drive with a gear mechanism, in which one of the supporting journals is mounted in a rotatably coupled manner for tilting the baling ring;
• a torque support configured as a hydraulic cylinder with a connected servo valve or an electromechanical drive for supporting the gear mechanism with the drive with respect to the foundation;
• and
• a torque control circuit provided and configured to control a time-variable actual torque MAct exerted on the gear mechanism by the converter in a blowing mode to a specified setpoint torque MSet, wherein the torque control circuit includes:
• a torque determining device configured to determine the time-variable actual torque MAct exerted on the gear mechanism by the converter;
• a first comparator device configured to determine a torque system deviation as a difference between the specified setpoint torque MSet and the actual torque MAct;
• and
• a first control device configured to generate a first component of an adjusting signal for the torque support as an adjusting element in accordance with the torque system deviation so that the torque system deviation becomes zero.