US 4,787,796 AGranted

Apparatus for lining the inner wall of a vessel with bricks

AssigneesPaul Wurth S.A., Arbed S.A.

InventorsCorneille Melan, Victor Kremer, Michel Kirchen, Emile Lonardi, Jean Liesch, Andre Boch, Joseph Colon, Charles Hennico

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Abstract

The apparatus comprises an operating station with a rotary work platform, a non-rotary supporting stage supporting the work platform by means of a first bearing, a robot for laying the bricks, a monitoring booth, a device for raising and lowering brick pallets and at least one automatic brick-depalletizing mechanism for transferring the bricks from the pallets towards a stand-by station. This stand-by station comprises a turret which can contain a reserve of bricks of different types and which is supported by the stage by means of a second bearing, so as to be rotatable independently of the stage and the platform about the vertical axis of the vessel. The apparatus is particularly well suited for repairing metallurgical converters.

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Dependent claims

Apparatus for lining the inner wall of a vessel with bricks including an operating station capable of being moved vertically along an axis of the vessel, the operating station comprising:

rotary work platform means;
non-rotary supporting stage means supporting said work platform means by first bearing means;
robot means on said work platform means for laying bricks;
means for raising and lowering brick pallets;
at least one automatic brick-depalletizing means for transferring the bricks from the pallets towards stand-by station means and wherein said stand-by station means comprises;
turret means for holding a reserve of bricks, said turret means being supported by said stage means by second bearing means wherein said turret means is rotatable independently of said stage means and said work platform means about a vertical axis of the vessel.

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