Radius configuration of a strand guide of a vertical bending caster
AssigneeSMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorWerner Rahmfeld
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Abstract
A radius configuration of a strand guide of a vertical bending caster and including following over another bending zone, transition straightening zone, main radius guide zone, and transition final straightening zone, with the bending zone having at least one first region with a comparatively stronger bend and defined by a curvature formed by a series of continuously smaller, starting from an infinite radius of the vertical section of the strand guide, radii, and a second region adjoining the first region and having a comparatively smoother bend in comparison with that of the first region, and with the transition straightening zone, guide zone, being defined by a curvature with continuously increasing lengths of curvature-forming radii.
Claims10
A radius configuration of a strand guide of a vertical bending caster including a straight mold, a vertical section adjoining the straight mold, and a horizontal section spaced from the vertical section, the radius configuration of the strand guide comprising:
- a bending zone adjoining the vertical section;
- a transition straightening zone adjoining the bending zone;
- a main radius guide zone adjoining the transition straightening zone;
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- a transition final straightening zone arranged between the main radius guide zone and the horizontal section,
- wherein the bending zone has at least one first region with a comparatively stronger bend and defined by a curvature formed by a series of continuously smaller, starting from an infinite radius of the vertical section, radii, and a second region adjoining the first region and having a comparatively smoother bend in comparison with that of the first region,
- wherein the transition straightening zone, which forms a transition between the bending zone and the main radius guide zone, is defined by a curvature with continuously increasing lengths of curvature-forming radii, and
- wherein the first and second regions of the bending zone and the transition straightening zone have each a clothoidal shape.
A strand guide for a vertical bending caster including a mold, comprising a vertical section adjoining the mold;
- a horizontal section spaced from the vertical section;
- and a vertically oriented bending section extending between the vertical and a horizontal sections and formed as composite curve consisting of different part lengths of different clothoids and a circular arc.
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