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US 5,878,805 AGranted
Apparatus for continuously casting metal
AssigneeLauener Engineering, Ltd.
InventorsMarcel Witschi, Ernst Zurcher
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Abstract
The present invention provides novel apparatus for continuously casting molten metal in a block caster. In accordance with the present invention, novel track and drive systems are provided for reducing rotational forces that can be created in a cast by movement of a beam chain through a casting cycle.
Claims8
A continuous block caster comprising:
- (a) a track having at least two linear sections and at least two bends;
- (b) a beam chain disposed upon said track, said beam chain comprising an uneven number of blocks mounted on interlinked support beams;
- and
- wherein the numerical sum of said chilling blocks capable of being in said bends of said track at any point in time is uneven.
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An apparatus for reducing the rotational forces created by a beam chain traveling through a casting cycle in a continuous block caster comprising:
- (a) a track having a plurality of linear sections and a plurality of bends;
- (b) a beam chain disposed on said track, said beam chain comprising blocks mounted on interlinked support beams, wherein said track and said beam chain are designed to obey the following formulae:
- l=1+2i
- m=1+2k
- wherein
- l=the total number of blocks in said beam chain;
- m=the sum of the blocks in said bends of said track;
- i=integer .epsilon. {3,4,5,6,7, . . . };
- k=integer .epsilon. {1,2,3,4,5, . . . };
- and
- i.gtoreq.k+2.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.