Plate mould for continuously casting steel strands
AssigneeVereinigte Osterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke-Alpine Montan Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsReinhard Hargassner, Gunter Holleis
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Abstract
A plate mould for continuously casting steel has a carrying frame, and side and end walls with cooling devices. At least one side wall is movable transversely relative to the mould by separate apparatus. The end walls are each comprised of a holding plate, a supporting plate and a cooled copper plate and can be clamped between the side walls by spring clamping elements. Wedge-shaped noses are provided on the upper and lower edges of the supporting plate for engagement with a wedge-shaped groove in the pertaining holding plate and with a clamping piece, respectively.
Claims7
In a plate mould for continuously casting steel strands of the type including a carrying frame, side and end walls provided with cooling means, said walls delimiting the mould cavity and being supported in the carrying frame, at least one of the side walls being movable transverse to the mould axis to form a loose side, the end walls each being comprised of a holding plate, a supporting plate and a cooled copper plate and being capable of being clamped between the side walls, the improvement comprising:
- a wedge-shaped upper nose provided at the upper edge of the supporting plate and a wedge-shaped lower nose provided at the lower edge of the supporting plate of each end wall,
- a wedge-shaped groove provided in the pertaining holding plate for engagement with the wedge-shaped lower nose,
- a clamping piece backing up the wedge-shaped upper nose and securing the upper nose to the respective holding plate,
- spring clamping means for clamping the end walls between the side walls, and
- a separate means for moving the at least one movable side wall forming the loose side, said separate means being supported on the carrying frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.