Installation including a heating furnace for continuous castings, which are cut to length, from a continuous casting installation
AssigneesKortec, Inc., Korf-BSW-Engineering GmbH
InventorsRalph Weber, Herbert Rothe
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Abstract
In an installation including a heating furnace in the rolling mill and a continuous casting apparatus, there is provided a transportable temperature holding chamber for the castings which are cut to length, in which chamber the castings are transported in groups from the continuous casting apparatus to the heating furnace, and are stored temporarily in the buffer mode. That makes it possible to save energy and to improve the quality of the steels.
Claims10
An installation including a heating furnace (1,21) for continuous castings (2) which are cut to length (billets, blooms, ingots), by severing means (3/1) from a continuous casting installation (3), the furnace having charging and discharging openings (7,8;24,26) for the continuous castings (2),
- a pusher means (5) which is arranged in front of the charging opening (7,24) and which includes at least two thrust rods (10) movable in the direction of the charging opening,
- a heat-insulated chamber (4) into which the castings (2) are introduced before being fed into the heating furnace (1,21), and
- a transportation means for transporting the castings (2) from the continuous casting installation (3) to the heating furnace (1,21),
- characterized in that said heat-insulated chamber is formed as a transportable temperature holding chamber (4) which can be transported by the transportation means between a receiving position (4/1) for receiving the castings downstream of the severing means (3/1) for severing the continuous casting from the continuous casting installation (3) and a delivery position (4/2) between the charging opening (7,24) of the heating furnace (1,21) and the pusher means (5).
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