US 4,084,628 AGranted

Conveyor apparatus for delivering flux powder to the mold of a continuous casting installation

AssigneeConcast AG

InventorMarkus Schmid

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Abstract

A conveyor apparatus for delivering flux powder to the mold of a continuous casting installation for metals, especially steel, comprising two powder containers, a pneumatic conveyor means arranged between a supply container having large capacity and disposed externally of the direct servicing or operating region of the continuous casting mold and a container at the region of such mold having relatively small capacity. The pneumatic conveyor means conveys the flux powder by means of a pneumatic transport or conveying agent to the container of small capacity where the pneumatic conveying agent is expelled. A mechanical conveyor means extends from the container of relatively small capacity at the region of the mold to a location above the level of the metal bath in the continuous casting mold.

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Dependent claims

A conveyor apparatus for delivering flux powder to the molten bath level of a mold of a continuous casting installation for metals, especially steel, comprising:

a supply container for flux powder;
a container for receiving the flux powder from said supply container;
said supply container possessing a larger capacity for flux powder than said receiving container;
said supply container being located externally of the direct servicing region of the mold;
said receiving container being located at the neighborhood of the mold;
pneumatic conveyor means interposed between said supply container and said receiving container for delivering by means of a pneumatic conveying agent flux powder from the supply container to said receiving container;
and
mechanical conveyor means for delivering the flux powder from said receiving container at the neighborhood of the mold to a region above the molten bath level in said mold.

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