EP0875320A2 - Busette à tiroir pour récipients contenant un métal en fusion - Google Patents

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EP0875320A2
EP0875320A2 EP98106668A EP98106668A EP0875320A2 EP 0875320 A2 EP0875320 A2 EP 0875320A2 EP 98106668 A EP98106668 A EP 98106668A EP 98106668 A EP98106668 A EP 98106668A EP 0875320 A2 EP0875320 A2 EP 0875320A2
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Rolf WALTENSPÜHL
Werner Plattner
Peter Christen
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22D—CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
    • B22D41/00—Casting melt-holding vessels, e.g. ladles, tundishes, cups or the like
    • B22D41/14—Closures
    • B22D41/22—Closures sliding-gate type, i.e. having a fixed plate and a movable plate in sliding contact with each other for selective registry of their openings
    • B22D41/38—Means for operating the sliding gate

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  • the invention relates to a sliding closure for a metal melt containing Vessel, with one longitudinally guided in a valve body, one Push rod having slide unit, which via a coupling with a Drive rod of a linear drive is connectable, being on the slide housing a bracket for receiving the linear actuator is provided is.
  • a clutch is provided on the one hand, those for flanging a piston-cylinder unit Serves linear actuator to a fixed slide part, and on the other hand is a Coupling for releasably connecting the movable slide part to the Piston rod of the drive arranged.
  • the coupling for flange mounting the linear drive is designed as a bayonet lock, in which the Piston-cylinder unit in the direction of its displacement axis in the fixed Slide part inserted and then in it by twisting is attached. This handling is impractical because of this piston-cylinder unit is built quite heavy.
  • the coupling to the releasable Connecting the movable slide part with the piston rod is such trained that by moving the piston rod on its front Link engages in a coupling member of the slide unit and when turning the cylinder is coupled.
  • the present invention was based on the object a sliding lock with a clutch according to the aforementioned To provide genus, by means of which the simplest possible handling for hanging or removing the linear drive and for the Coupling or uncoupling its drive rod with or from the slide unit is possible.
  • the coupling is such is designed such that it is in the linear drive inserted into the holder by moving the drive rod against the slide unit automatically couples, while this clutch when removing the Linear drive out of the bracket transverse to the direction of displacement of the drive rod automatically uncoupled.
  • a linear drive can be placed in the holder attached to the sliding lock and then a coupling the drive rod with the slide unit and the like decoupling and removal of the linear drive can be carried out in the simplest way.
  • the coupling has a coupling part at the end of the drive rod of the linear drive, which at least one, preferably two articulated claw elements, which in coupled state the other flange-shaped coupling part grasp the push rod of the slide unit at the ends.
  • Fig. 1 shows a slide closure 20 on a containing metal melt Vessel, which is partially shown and in the present case as a so-called Pan 10 is formed.
  • This pan 10 is more conventional in itself Way an outer steel jacket 11, a refractory embedded in this Lining 12 and an outlet 14, which is of a refractory Perforated brick 15 and a refractory sleeve 16 is formed.
  • a Sliding closure 20 arranged, which mainly consists of a housing upper part 21 with a refractory base plate 23 inserted therein, a housing frame 22 and a slide unit 25 releasably clamped therein with a refractory slide plate 24 and an adjoining one Spout sleeve 26 is made.
  • the slide unit 25 is for reciprocating over a push rod 27 and a clutch 40 with a hydraulic piston / cylinder unit trained linear actuator 30 connected.
  • the latter is in turn in a holder 28 flanged to the upper housing part 21 removably attached.
  • the linear actuator 30 is usually in contrast leave for pan 10 on the casting platform of a continuous caster. He is therefore on the filled with molten steel and with the closed Sliding closure 20 equipped pan 10 mounted when the same on the Giessbühne has been brought. After emptying the pan, the Linear drive 30 removed from this again, so that the pan 10 by means of a crane back from the casting platform to a pan place or the like are transported and refilled with molten steel can.
  • the linear drive is for easy assembly and disassembly on the pan 30 in a conventional manner transversely to the direction of its displacement Drive rod 32 arranged in this holder 28 in and out. After inserting it with its drive rod 32 over a Coupling 40 to the push rod 27 of the slide unit 25 in coaxial Aligned to her.
  • the coupling 40 is designed such that when it is inserted Linear drive 30 in the holder 28 by moving the drive rod 32 automatically couples against the slide unit 25, meanwhile this clutch when the linear drive 30 is removed the bracket 28 decoupled automatically.
  • a coupling part which has at least one, preferably two claw elements 41, each articulated on an axis 44, 42 which, in the coupled state, has one at the end of the push rod 27 of the slide unit 25 flange-shaped coupling part 43 in a form-fitting manner reach around.
  • This flange-like coupling part 43 is in cross section advantageously rectangular and, moreover, starting from its end face provided with oblique guide surfaces 43 '.
  • the claw elements 41, 42 are at the front end of the drive rod 32 arranged approximately parallel to each other and thereby form a pincer.
  • the claw elements 41, 42 have a spring member 45 on the back assigned, which generates such a torque on the claw elements, that they are pushed in at the front, but only until they are one Take up position approximately parallel to each other.
  • the spring member 45 is preferably composed of several disc springs or the like, which are held by the drive rod 32.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates the lateral insertion of the linear drive shown in dashed lines 30 'in the bracket 28 attached to the slide lock 20
  • Linear drive 30 is at the front end of its cylinder 33 with a cross to this extending guide element 36, which is outside protrudes all around to this cylinder 33.
  • this guide element 36 is in a funnel-shaped opening 29 of the holder 28 and subsequently further up in a guide groove 38 inserted in the cross-sectionally U-shaped holder 28.
  • the guide groove 38 is dimensioned such that the guide element 36 is held approximately form-fitting therein.
  • the funnel-shaped Formation of the opening 29 enables comfortable insertion of the cylinder 33 into the holder 28, in particular also when this cylinder is actuated by a manipulator, not shown.
  • Stroke limiting pin 56 limits the stroke the slide unit 25 with respect to the closed position of the slide closure.
  • the contact surface 42 'of the claw element 41, 42 is advantageous for the purpose of flawless snapping of the latter convex, as shown in Fig.5.
  • the drive rod 32 is in a stroke range during of the company withdrawn.
  • the bracket 28 By forming the bracket 28 on their inside 28 'corresponding to the claw elements 41, 42, 28 ′′ creates another advantage according to the invention.
  • the inside 28 'of Bracket is in the area of the coupling position shown opposite Inside 28 '' in the operating position of clutch 40 to the outside transferred. This causes the claw elements 41, 42 to lock through the inside 28 '' in the stroke area during operation, as shown in Fig.1 is clarified.
  • the inner sides 28 ′′ are therefore parallel to the direction of displacement at a short distance from the outer surfaces of the claw elements 41, 42 arranged, the latter hereby secured against disengagement are.
  • the linear actuator 30 in the coupling position without any additional Manipulation and in any stroke position of the drive rod 32 be pulled out transversely to the direction of displacement.
  • the claw elements 41, 42 are for this purpose on the drive rod 32 with parallel to each other and in the same direction as the pull-out direction of the linear drive extending pivot axes 44 arranged. While pulling out of the linear drive 30, the two claw elements 41, 42 slide in the snapped Condition transverse to the longitudinal extension of the push rod 27 on the Coupling part 43 until they are released laterally from this coupling part 43.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment variant of an inventive one Coupling 60, which in the coupled state shown Push rod 27 of the slide unit 25 with the drive rod 32 of the linear drive 30 connects.
  • Push rod 27 of the slide unit 25 with the drive rod 32 of the linear drive 30 connects.
  • one is not closer to the top of the case attached slide bracket 50 provided, which serves to receive and hold the linear drive 30, for this purpose at the end in this holder 50 a transverse guide groove 38 and approximately in this form-fitting insertable guide element 36 on the linear drive 30 is present.
  • the coupling 60 has a coupling part arranged on the push rod 27 and a cooperating coupling part on the front End of the drive rod 32.
  • the coupling part on the drive rod 32 is formed from a coupling sleeve 61 attached to the latter, which on the inside has a recess 61 'which is rectangular in cross section has which is open laterally according to Figure 7. Furthermore, are in this Sleeve 61 formed on the inside transverse grooves 62. Furthermore is on the side of this Sleeve 61 is a pin 69 engaging in a longitudinal groove in holder 50 intended.
  • the coupling part on the push rod 27 has one in this recess 61 'matching central pin 37 and two on this on one axis 66 approximately radially pivotable pawls 63, each of a spiral spring 64 mounted on the pin 37 in a starting position - like shown - are pressed.
  • These pawls 63 are each in the coupled state coupled into one of the transverse grooves 62 of the sleeve 61, such that this sleeve 61 with its front inwardly projecting ring part 61 '' in the axial direction seen between these pawls 63 and an end stop surface 27 'of the push rod 27 is held. In this engaged position can the push rod 27 and with it the slide unit 25 from the drive rod 32 be moved back and forth.
  • this clutch 60 is the coupling or uncoupling of the linear drive 30 to or from the upper housing part 56 in the manner according to the invention realized.
  • the linear drive 30 is initially in the same Type as inserted in the guide groove 38 of the bracket 50 as shown in FIG. Then the linear drive 30 is actuated and the drive rod 32 extended until it with its sleeve 61 over the pin 37th is pushed and the pawls 63 inwards into a recess 37, be pressed.
  • the pawls 63 snap into the Transverse grooves 62 a, whereby the clutch without additional manipulations is done.
  • the linear drive 30 When disengaging, the linear drive 30 can be in any stroke position the push rod 27 transversely to the direction of displacement of its drive rod 32 be pulled out. From Figure 7 it can be seen that this Sleeve 61 through the formation of its recess 62 'and open on one side released through the lateral opening 29 of the bracket transverse to the axis of displacement is.
  • the invention is sufficiently demonstrated with the illustrated embodiment. However, it could be carried out in a different construction. So could just be a tiltable claw element and opposite one mutual stop surface provided for centering the two coupling parts be. In principle, this claw element could also be in a longitudinal groove with an undercut, engage the end of the push rod 27.
  • the coupling part with the claw elements could just as well on the push rod of the slide unit, however, the corresponding one Coupling part with the flange-like design on the drive rod of the Linear drive can be provided.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Casting Support Devices, Ladles, And Melt Control Thereby (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
EP98106668A 1997-04-30 1998-04-11 Fermeture à tiroir pour récipients contenant un métal en fusion Expired - Lifetime EP0875320B1 (fr)

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US6045015A (en) 2000-04-04
CA2235666A1 (fr) 1998-10-30
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