Continuous casting plant
AssigneeVereinigte Osterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke-Alpine Montan Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHeinz Sernetz, Othmar Puhringer, Rudolf Hoscher
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Abstract
Continuous casting plant rollers or rolls of small diameter are provided great longitudinal extension, which longitudinal extension exceeds the width of the continuously cast strand. The rollers or rolls have annular recesses distributed over their longitudinal extension, thus forming substantially cylindrical bearing pins to be received in bearings, preferably slide bearings, whose bearing height, measured from the bearing center toward the strand skin, is smaller than the radius of the rollers or rolls. The rollers or rolls may advantageously be composed of a plurality of individual roller or roll bodies held together by at least one bracing anchor. Preferably, the rollers or rolls are provided with internal cooling.
Claims30
A roller or roll assembly for supporting, guiding, bending, straightening or deforming a continuously cast strand of relatively great width, for example a steel slab, in a continuous casting plant having a supporting structure, said roller or roll assembly comprising:
- a roller or roll having a small diameter and a great longitudinal extension exceeding the width of the continuously cast strand, annular recesses being distributed over the longitudinal extension of the roller or roll to form relatively narrow bearing pins of substantially cylindrical shape;
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- bearings surrounding and accommodating said bearing pins, said bearings having a height, measured from their center in the direction toward the strand, that is smaller than the radius of the roller or roll, said bearings being supported against the supporting structure of the continuous casting plant.
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