Apparatus for separating a starter bar having a starter bar head from a hot strand crop-end in a continuous casting plant
US4121652A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1977 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D11/083
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for separating a starter bar from a hot strand crop-end in a continuous casting plant (which plant includes a lifting mechanism for lifting the starter bar and its tong-shaped starter bar head, a stationary vertical guide, and an opening mechanism for the two lockable nippers of the tong-shaped starter bar head) has a centering means in the stationary vertical guide to hold the starter bar in separating position, at least one bayonet closing means locking the nippers of the tong-shaped starter bar head, a displaceable pin acting on the at least one bayonet closing means in the opening direction thereof, and a conveying means located below the centering means and the displaceable pin for transporting the hot strand crop-end away.
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