Planetary cooler
AssigneeKrupp Polysius AG
InventorsKarl Eiring, Bernhard Loffler
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Abstract
A planetary cooler has a plurality of circumferentially spaced cooling tube supports each of whichhas a pair of axially spaced side plates and an insert with two flanges which are fitted into openings in the side plates and welded to the latter. Each flange has a pyriform opening which communicates with a radial clearance extending between circumferentially adjacent side plates at their radially outer portions.
Claims8
In a planetary cooler having a plurality of cooling tubes arranged around the periphery of a revolving tube furnace having a mantle, and a radially extending, circumferentially spaced bearing support for each of said tubes, each of said bearing supports comprising a pair of axially spaced plates fixed at their radially inner ends to said mantle and to the corresponding portions of the circumferentially adjacent supports, circumferentially adjacent ones of said plates being spaced from each other radially outwardly of said portions by a clearance, and each of said plates having an opening therein at the radially inner end of said clearance, the improvement comprising an insert fixed to and extending between each circumferentially adjacent pair of said plates, each of said inserts comprising a pair of spaced flanges accommodated in the openings of axially adjacent ones of said plates and fixed to the latter, each of said flanges having a pyriform opening therein in communication with said clearance, said insert including a pyriform web joining said flanges.
In a planetary cooler having a plurality of cooling tubes arranged around the periphery of a revolving tube furnace having a mantle, and a radially extending, circumferentially spaced bearing support for each of said tubes, each of said bearing supports comprising a pair of axially spaced plates fixed at their radially inner ends to said mantle and to the corresponding portions of the circumferentially adjacent supports, circumferentially adjacent ones of said plates being spaced from each other radially outwardly of said portions by a clearance, and each of said plates having an opening therein at the radially inner end of said clearance, the improvement comprising an insert fixed to and extending between each circumferentially adjacent pair of said plates, each of said inserts comprising a pair of spaced flanges accommodated in the openings of axially adjacent ones of said plates and fixed to the latter, each of said flanges having an opening therein in communication with said clearance, said insert including a web joining said flanges.
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