Patent · US Expired

Slab continuous casting machine having immersing nozzle replacing apparatus and method of replacing immersing nozzle

US5971060A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 1998
Grant dateOct 26, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22D41/56
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a slab continuous casting machine comprising a tundish for reserving a molten steel therein, a nozzle holding cassette disposed on an outer bottom portion of the tundish, a mold for use in a casting, and an immersing nozzle mounted in the nozzle holding cassette and for pouring the molten steel in the tundish into the mold, the cavity has a generally rectangular sectional shape defined by a pair of short sides and a pair of long sides. When the immersing nozzle is inserted into the mold and when the immersing nozzle is taken out from the mold, a movement of the immersing nozzle gripped by a handling arm in the mold is limited in a direction parallel to the pair of short sides.

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