Buckstay arrangement
AssigneeCombustion Engineering, Inc.
InventorsEugen Ssinegurski, Donald Wilkinson
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Abstract
A buckstay arrangement for a steam generator whereby tube walls of the steam generator are supported by buckstays having retainers that slide longitudinally to permit thermal expansion thereof while providing continuous support for the tube walls.
Claims6
A steam generating unit having a rectangular furnace comprised of vertical walls formed by a series of adjacent upright tubes, a buckstay arrangement of horizontal beams extending transversely around the vertical walls of said furnace in spaced arrangement to provide a support therefor, means slidably connecting the vertical tubes of said wall to the buckstay arrangement comprising a tie plate secured to said tube wall including a first flange extending horizontally outward therefrom toward the adjacent buckstay, and an angular retainer having a horizontal flange thereof secured to the first horizontal flange and a vertical flange thereof arranged to slidably embrace an outer surface of said buckstay, said vertical flange being bent to present a convex surface that slidably abuts said buckstay to permit pivotal movement therebetween.
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