Device for supporting a sidewall of a plant for the continuous twin-roll casting of metal strip
AssigneesUsinor Sacilor, Thyssen Stahl AG
InventorsHugues Legrand, Pierre Delassus
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for supporting a sidewall of a plant for the continuous twin-roll casting of thin metal products, of the type including two cooled rolls having horizontal axes, and a sidewall applied against the ends of the rolls. The support device further includes a carriage which can be controllably moved in a direction parallel to the axes of the rolls, a thrust device carried by said carriage, and a mounting plate connected to the thrust device and solidly attached to the sidewall. The mounting plate includes at least two pads which can be controllably moved in a direction parallel to the axes of the rolls by devices which can apply each of the pads against an end of one of the rolls.
Claims9
A casting device comprising:
- first and second cooled rolls having horizontal axes;
- a sidewall applied against ends of the rolls;
- a carriage which can be controllably moved in a direction parallel to the axes of the rolls;
- a thrust device carried by said carriage;
- a mounting plate connected to said thrust device and solidly fastened to the sidewall;
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- at least two pads, each connected to a moving device, on said mounting plate which can be controllably moved in a direction parallel to the axes of the rolls by respective moving device which are adapted to apply each of said pads against an end of one of said rolls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.