Clamp mechanism for hot rolling mills split guides, including water boxes and equalization troughs
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorsWilliam X. Shen, Jianping Zhang, Brian Vallimont, Bruce V. Kiefer
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Abstract
Rolling mill split box guides, including water cooling nozzle and equalization trough assemblies are retained by a clamping mechanism that includes a header support structure having opposed front and back sides, for support of the split box there between. A clamp arm has a first end pivotally coupled to one of the header sides and a pivotal range of motion across the header and split box to the other side thereof. A threaded screw or other biasing actuator is coupled to the other of the header sides, selectively engageable with the clamp arm, for exerting biasing force on the split box.
Claims20
A remote actuated pivoting clamp mechanism for clamping hot rolling mill cooling line split boxes, comprising:
- a header support structure having opposed front and back sides, for support of a split box there between;
- a clamp arm having a first end pivotally coupled to one of the header sides, the clamp arm having a pivotal range of motion across the header to the other side thereof;
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- a biasing actuator coupled to the other of the header sides, selectively engageable with the clamp arm, for exerting biasing force on a split box that is supported by the header.
A hot rolling mill cooling line apparatus, comprising:
- a header support structure having opposed front and back sides, for support of a split box there between;
- a split box having:
- opposed front and back sides corresponding to those of the header,
- upper and lower halves pivotal relative to each other along the back side;
- a clamp arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the header back side, the clamp arm having a pivotal range of motion across the header and split box to the respective front sides thereof;
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- a biasing actuator coupled to the header front side, selectively engageable with the clamp arm, for exerting biasing force on the split box halves.
The apparatus of claim 116, the clamp load foot pivotally coupled to the clamp arm.
A hot rolling milt cooling line apparatus, comprising:
- a header support structure having opposed front and back sides, for support of a split box there between;
- a saddle coupled to the header on the front and back sides, having a saddle pivoting axis on the back side;
- a split box having:
- opposed front and back sides corresponding to those of the header,
- upper and lower halves pivotal relative to each other along the back side;
- a clamp arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the saddle pivoting axis, the clamp arm having a pivotal range of motion across the header and split box to the respective front sides thereof;
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- a biasing actuator, for exerting biasing force on the split box halves, pivotally coupled to the saddle on the header front side, having a range of motion that is selectively engageable with the clamp arm in a closed position and laterally extending away from the header front side in an open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.