Roller for a metallurgical plant
AssigneeSiemens Vai Metals Technologies GmbH
InventorGerald Hohenbichler
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Abstract
A roller for a metallurgical plant is provided. The roller is modified in such a way that the camber thereof can be set in a simple and robust manner. The roller axle is connected to the roller shell at one point, preferably at at least two points, via a ring, and the ring has a heating element, wherein the height H of the ring can be changed by ΔH as a result of the heating of the heating element.
Claims15
A roller for a metallurgical plant, such as a strand guide roller for guiding a metallic strand, composed of steel, in a continuous casting machine, or a guide roller for guiding a metallic strip in a hot rolling mill or through a metallic bath, composed of zinc, for electrolytically coating the metallic strip, with the exception of a casting roller for strip casting a metallic strip through two counterrotating casting rollers, comprising:
- a rotatable roller axle;
- a roller shell which surrounds the roller axle;
- wherein the roller axle is connected to the roller shell at at least two points, via a ring, and the ring has a heating element, wherein the height of the ring can be changed by ΔH as a result of the heating of the heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.