Continuous casting and rolling device
AssigneeFried. Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
InventorsFriedrich Greilinger, Ulrich Katschinski
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Abstract
A continuous casting and rolling device of the type in which molten metal is introduced, by a nozzle, between a pair of liquid cooled rolls which are supported in a roll supporting structure and which each have a coolant connection and a drive which are disposed on different sides or ends of the roll supporting structure. Each roll is equipped with its own geared motor which is releasably fastened to the respective roll pin as a freely projecting drive unit.
Claims8
A continuous casting and rolling device of the type wherein molten metal is introduced between adjacent rolls by means of a nozzle comprising:
- a pair of juxtaposed liquid cooled rolls rotatably mounted in a roll supporting structure with each of said rolls having a respective roll pin extending from one end at one side of said roll supporting structure;
- a respective coolant connection for each of said rolls disposed on the opposite side of said roll supporting structure;
- a respective geared motor for each of said rolls;
- respective means for releasably fastening each of said geared motors to a respective one of said roll pins as a freely projecting drive unit;
- means for securing the housing of one of said geared motors against rotation to said roll supporting structure;
- and a torque transmitting support means for connecting said housing of said one of said geared motors in articulated communication with the housing of the other of said geared motors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.