Method of exchanging supporting or driving rollers in a continuous casting plant and apparatus for carrying out the method

US4012825A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Vereinigte Osterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke - Alpine Montan Aktiengesellschaft · AT

Inventors

• Fritz Granitz · Linz, AT
• Gunther Robiczek · Traun, AT
• Fridolin Jabkowski · Linz, AT
• Franz Stoger · Linz, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 1976
• Grant date: Mar 22, 1977
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49819
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of and apparatus for exchanging rollers in a continuous casting plant for strands, which plant has opposite roller paths for guiding the strand, involves moving the rollers to be exchanged into or out of their bearing places in the roller paths and transporting them away from or to the bearing place, respectively, in the region between the roller paths in the longitudinal direction thereof. Advantageously, a sled with recesses is provided for delivering and removing the rollers.