GB900734A - Improvements in arrangements for feeding in the starting bar in vertical continuous casting plants - Google Patents

Abstract

900,734. Continuous casting-machines; curving; straightening. CONCAST A.G. July 29, 1960 [Sept. 1, 1959], No. 26441/60. Classes 83 (1) and 83 (4). An arrangement for feeding in the starting bar in a vertical continuous casting plant comprises holding means for receiving the starting bar with the headpiece as a unit and movable in the longitudinal direction of the vertically descending casting. The receptacle 26, Fig. 1, for the starting bar 27 is vertically reciprocable by a hand winch 34 and is counterweighted by a weight 37 which is heavier than the receptacle 26 alone, but lighter than the receptacle when carrying the starter bar. The winch drive may be disconnected so that the receptacle, after receiving the starter bar and the cutting of the bar from the casting, will move downwards under gravity and open a gap between the starter bar and the casting. The casting is deflected to straightening rolls 22 by a bending roller 15 operated by a cylinder 18. Rodwork 19 is provided with adjustable stroke-limiting means. In a modification, Fig. 3, the casting is divided by a cutter 40 and the sections are received in turn by driven rollers 43 in a device 41 which is tiltable by driving means 49 to discharge the castings horizontally on to a conveyer 50.