Patent · US Expired

Method of guiding a cast strand and arrangement for carrying out the method

US4122888A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

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

Inventor

Othmar Puhringer · Linz, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 1976
Grant date	Oct 31, 1978
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22D11/1282
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of and arrangement for guiding a cast strand that is extracted from the mould has pairs of driving rollers and pairs of supporting rollers arranged alternatingly along the portion where the strand is horizontally guided. Form locking connections are provided for the supporting rollers that are arranged opposite each other. These connections can be released for freeing the upper supporting rollers from load so that they can be lifted away from the strand.

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