Strip guide for a strip-casting unit and adjusting device for the roller segments thereof

US6883586B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMS DEMAG LLC · DE

Inventors

• Axel Weyer · Wuppertal, DE
• Peter Jonen · Duisburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 26, 2005
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22D11/128
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a strip guide for a strip casting unit, comprising at least two segments, in particular roller segments (1-4), each with a strip input side (2.1) and a strip output side (3.1) and a pair of roller supports, each with a number of support rollers (5), running along a support region. The roller supports are adjustable by means of, in particular, hydraulic adjuster units (8). According to the invention, the strip guide can be more flexibly embodied and the assembly and disassembly times reduced, whereby a mechanical connection (9) is provided between neighbouring segments (1-4) and, on fitting a cylinder pair (8.1-8.4) to the strip input side (2.1) of a segment (1-4), the adjustment movement occurs both on said side (2.1), as well as simultaneously on the strip output side (3.1) of a previous segment connected thereto. On fitting a cylinder pair (8.1-8.4) to the strip output side (3.1) of a segment (1 4), the adjustment movement thereof affects said side (3.1), and simultaneously the strip input side (2.1) of a subsequent section connected thereto.