EP3224561B1 - Ungekühlte ofenrolle, und verfahren zur herstellung einer ungekühlten ofenrolle - Google Patents

Ungekühlte ofenrolle, und verfahren zur herstellung einer ungekühlten ofenrolle Download PDF

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EP3224561B1
EP3224561B1 EP15791541.4A EP15791541A EP3224561B1 EP 3224561 B1 EP3224561 B1 EP 3224561B1 EP 15791541 A EP15791541 A EP 15791541A EP 3224561 B1 EP3224561 B1 EP 3224561B1
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Alexander Meyer
Wolfgang SCHRÖMGES
Stefan Mohr
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D3/00—Charging; Discharging; Manipulation of charge
    • F27D3/02—Skids or tracks for heavy objects
    • F27D3/026—Skids or tracks for heavy objects transport or conveyor rolls for furnaces; roller rails
    • F27D3/028—Roller rails or succession of small sized rollers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27D—DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS, IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FURNACE
    • F27D3/00—Charging; Discharging; Manipulation of charge
    • F27D3/02—Skids or tracks for heavy objects
    • F27D3/026—Skids or tracks for heavy objects transport or conveyor rolls for furnaces; roller rails

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  • the invention relates to an uncooled oven roll for transporting continuous casting material of a continuous casting plant according to the preamble of claim 1, and a method for producing such a roll according to the preamble of claim 5.
  • continuous casting material is preheated to rolling temperature.
  • the transport of the rolling stock for example in the form of thin slabs or the like, by a roller hearth furnace via powered furnace rollers in different versions.
  • the oven rolls are arranged at a certain oven height at predetermined intervals from each other.
  • the dimensions of the furnace rollers are characterized - relatively speaking - by the fact that their diameter is small compared to their length in the axial direction.
  • the furnace rollers of a roller hearth furnace or a tunnel furnace can be equipped with a water cooling, such as from DE 100 47 046 A1 known.
  • the oven rolls can also be designed without a cooling device, namely as a so-called dry roll.
  • the heat transport from the interior of the tunnel kiln on a dry, ie uncooled roll of the furnace is carried out by heat radiation, heat conduction in the steel and heat conduction of the kiln exhaust gas (convection).
  • uncooled oven rolls do not require active cooling of their components, so that significantly less energy is extracted from the tunnel kiln.
  • DE-A 2 205 149 relates to an industrial furnace transport roller made of a heat-resistant alloy, comprising a roller body, which was designed as a hollow body and, with negative pressure relative to the atmosphere, is filled with a protective gas.
  • Conventional uncooled furnace rollers consist of a hollow cylindrical roller body, on the front sides of each cone is welded to a pin.
  • At least one bore in the wall of the reel body ensures adequate air circulation between the cavity of the Reel body and the environment, since the volume of air within the reel body may change as a result of temperature fluctuations.
  • the two conical regions which are fastened to the end faces of the roller body, are located in the region of the tunnel kiln wall.
  • the general aim is to minimize their heat transport out of the tunnel kiln.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 In each case, a longitudinal cross section of a front side of a conventional uncooled oven roll are shown.
  • a plug of heat-insulating refractory 100 see. Fig. 6
  • a device 102 with a plurality of heat shields which together form a sheet metal grid (see. Fig. 7 )
  • the introduction and mounting of these insulating materials in the cone or in the cavity of the furnace rollers has the disadvantage that this results in complex and costly manufacturing steps.
  • Other disadvantages are that the life of the refractory material is lower than that of the furnace roller. Due to the permanent rotational movements of the furnace roller, the refractory material begins to break after a certain period of operation and thereby loses its good thermal insulation property.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the thermal insulation of an uncooled oven roll with simple and inexpensive means and at the same time to increase the life of the furnace roller.
  • An uncooled furnace roll is for transporting continuous casting material of a continuous casting plant, and comprises a cylindrical roll body and conical end pieces which are respectively fixed to the end faces of the roll body. At each end piece may be provided on the outside thereof in each case a pin for receiving in a storage or the like.
  • a cavity is formed in the region of the roller body and / or at least one conical end piece, which is sealed to the environment and placed under vacuum, so that there is a vacuum thermal insulation for the roller body or the conical end piece.
  • a cylindrical roll body and at least one conical end piece are provided. Thereafter, the conical end piece is attached to an end face of the reel body, such that thereby a cavity formed within the furnace roller in the region of the reel body and / or a conical end piece is sealed to the environment and the cavity is placed under vacuum is.
  • the invention is based on the essential finding that the vacuum, which is present in the cavity of the furnace roller in the region of the roller body or of the conical end piece, ensures a considerable improvement of the thermal insulation for the furnace roller.
  • the thermal insulation for the furnace roller is based solely on the prevailing in the cavity vacuum without the need for other materials such as refractory wool or intoleitbleche in the cavity. Because there is no volume of air in the cavity of the oven roll, which expands differently with temperature fluctuations, in contrast to conventional oven rolls in the invention, an opening in the roller body for air circulation with the environment can be dispensed with. The fact that the cavity is sealed against the environment and thus no air circulation between the Cavity of the furnace roll and the atmosphere takes place, leads to the further advantage that the heat transfer via convection is considerably reduced.
  • an oven roll according to the present invention is manufactured in a vacuum chamber with at least one conical end piece, preferably both conical end pieces, fixed to the end face of the roll body, the explained vacuum thermal insulation is automatically generated by this type of manufacturing process.
  • attachment of the conical end pieces to the end faces of the reel body may be accomplished by electron beam (EB) welding.
  • EB welding offers further advantages: above-average narrow seams, narrowly limited heat-affected zones without tarnish, large welding depths and high welding speeds, all of which are due to the high power density of the electron beam. Due to the exact reproducibility of the EB welds, a consistent quality of the joints between the roller body and the conical end pieces welded thereto can be guaranteed. In addition, multiple welds can be performed simultaneously.
  • the roller body may be formed as a cylindrical hollow body, so that the cavity of the furnace roller extends at least along the entire longitudinal axis of the roller body. This ensures that the desired thermal insulation is present at least in the region of the entire length of the roller body.
  • a conical end piece may be formed as a cap member. Accordingly, a cavity is formed within the conical end piece when the end piece is attached to an end face of the reel body. For the purposes of the present invention, this is Cavity set inside the conical end under vacuum. Regardless of whether a cavity is also formed in the reel body, a vacuum thermal insulation is ensured by the vacuum within the cavity of the conical end piece for this component.
  • both the roller body as a cylindrical hollow body and at least one conical end piece are designed as a cap member as explained above.
  • the cavity of the oven roll is formed both inside the reel body and inside the conical end piece as a continuous interior which is sealed to the environment and as explained is vacuumed.
  • the advantageous vacuum thermal insulation extends from the roller body into the conical end piece.
  • connection valve which is in fluid communication with the cavity of the furnace roller.
  • the port valve Through the port valve and using a separate vacuum pump or the like, it is possible to completely vacuum the cavity. After the cavity has been completely vacuumed in this manner, the port valve can be suitably closed to seal the cavity from the environment and to keep the vacuum in the cavity.
  • the connection valve is designed as a check valve, which closes automatically after the generation of the vacuum within the cavity and seals the cavity from the environment.
  • connection valve and the illustrated generation of the vacuum in the cavity using this connection valve has the advantage that a furnace roll according to the present invention can also be produced without a vacuum chamber.
  • the individual components of the furnace roller, namely Roller body and the two conical end pieces can then be welded together under normal atmosphere, after which the cavity of the furnace roll is vacuum-sealed by the connection valve.
  • FIG. 1 shows a furnace roll 1 according to the invention - not to scale - in a simplified longitudinal cross-section.
  • the furnace roller 1 comprises a roller body 2, which is formed as a cylindrical hollow body. Accordingly, the roller body 2 encloses a cavity 4. Conical end pieces 6 are attached to the end faces 8 of the roller body 2 and thereby close the cavity 4 with respect to the atmosphere A tight.
  • the cavity 4 of the oven roller 1 extends at least along the entire longitudinal axis 2L of the roller body 2.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates further that the two conical end pieces 6 are each formed as a cap member.
  • the cavity 4 inside the oven roll 1 extends into the end pieces 6 or cap elements when the end pieces 6 are fastened to the end faces 8 of the roll body 2.
  • the oven roll according to Fig. 1 is in Fig. 2 shown in a perspective view.
  • each pin 10 are fixed, which are provided for receiving in a (not shown) bearing or the like.
  • the pins 10 it is possible to drive the furnace roller 1 rotatably about its longitudinal axis.
  • the cavity 4 of the furnace roller 1 is in accordance with the embodiment Fig. 1 towards the atmosphere A tightly formed and placed under vacuum. Characterized in that no air is contained within the cavity 4, a vacuum thermal insulation is ensured for the furnace roller 1 along its longitudinal axis, ie in the region of the roller body 2 and also the two conical end pieces 6.
  • FIG. 3 shows a furnace roller 1 - not to scale - in a simplified longitudinal cross-section, according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • the roller body 2 is formed as a solid cylinder, at the end faces 8, in the same manner as in Fig. 1 , the two conical end pieces 6 are fixed in the form of cap elements.
  • a vacuum-set cavity 4 is in the embodiment of Fig. 3 provided only within the two conical end pieces 6, so that the vacuum heat insulation is present at least for the conical end pieces 6.
  • the roller body 2 in the embodiment of Fig. 3 also as cylindrical Hollow body may be formed, but the cavity is not in communication with the cavities 4 of the conical end pieces 6.
  • an opening for air circulation with the atmosphere A is formed to compensate for changes in volume of the air when it comes to the operation of a tunnel furnace to temperature fluctuations for the furnace roller 1. Furthermore, it can be provided in this case that in the cavity of the roller body heat-insulating material is introduced, for example in the form of a refractory material.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 explains how the furnace roll 1 according to the present invention can be produced and in the cavity 4 of the furnace roll 1, a vacuum is generated. Accordingly, with the FIGS. 4 and 5 also explains the implementation of a method according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 4 shows in principle greatly simplifies a so-called vacuum chamber 14 in which welding work can be performed under vacuum.
  • a furnace roll 1 To produce a furnace roll 1 according to the invention, its individual components, ie the roll body 2 and the two conical end pieces 6, can be introduced into the vacuum chamber 14. Subsequently, the two conical end pieces 6 are welded to the end faces 8 of the roller body 2. The attachment of the two conical end pieces 6 on the end faces 8 of the roller body 2 is in Fig. 4 symbolized by arrows.
  • the electron beam (EB) welding can be used for fixing the conical end pieces 6 to the end faces 8 of the reel body 2.
  • the production of a furnace roll 1 by means of a welding of its components in the vacuum chamber 14 can be both for the embodiment of Fig. 1 as well as for the embodiment of Fig. 3 be made.
  • the manufacturing process in the vacuum is automatic ensures that after fixing the two conical end pieces 6 at the end faces 8 of the reel body 2 of the cavity formed and thus sealed to the environment cavity 4 is also set under vacuum and therein the vacuum is maintained when the furnace roller 1 after completion of the welding the vacuum chamber 14 is removed. This makes it possible to dispense with any vents or holes in the wall of the roller body 2 or a conical end piece 6.
  • connection valve 12 which is arranged in a wall 16 of the roller body 2 or a conical end piece 6.
  • the connection valve 12 is in fluid communication with the cavity 4 of the oven roll 1.
  • connection valve 12 is preferably designed as a check valve.
  • the port valve 12 is such that the cavity 4, after creating a vacuum therein, is sealed from the atmosphere by the port valve 12 to hold the vacuum in the cavity.
  • connection valve 12 is recessed in an outer peripheral surface 20 of the roller body 2. As a result, the opening 18 does not project beyond the outer peripheral surface 20 in the radial direction, so that rolling stock does not come into contact with the opening 18 during transport via the roller body 2.
  • a vacuum chamber 14 (FIG. Fig. 4 ) by providing a port valve 12 as above Fig. 5 explained in principle possible to produce a furnace roll 1 in a normal atmosphere.

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