JPH07171664A - Continuous casting installation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the application to a wide casting capacity of continuous casting operation in a continuous casting installation, to safely execute the casting operation such as the continuous casting and to improve the productivity of the continuous casting operation. CONSTITUTION:The continuous casting installation is constituted with a traveling carriage 5 for traveling on traveling rails 8 laid between a mold part for arranging the mold 3 and a slag discharging part for discharging the molten slag in a tundish 6 while mounting the tundish 6, and a tilting device 7 arranged at the slag discharging part discharging the molten slag in the tundish 6 by tilting the traveling carriage 5 in the condition of mounting the traveling carriage 5. Further, the tilting device 7 is provided with a tilting table 73 laying the traveling rails 77 on the upper surface so as to be possible to mount the traveling carriage 5 and the tilting mechanism for tilting the tilting table 73. The tilting table 73 is provided with an engaging means for engaging the traveling carriage 5 on the tilting table 73 at the time of tilting the traveling carriage 5, and the tilting table 73 is tilted with the axis crossing at the right angle to the traveling rail 77 as the rotating center by the tilting mechanism.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a casting facility for continuously casting molten steel produced from a converter or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The applicant of the present invention has previously improved a casting facility used for continuously casting molten steel produced from a conventionally known converter, and made the facility compact and made the operation efficient. , And invented a casting facility capable of controlling the melt temperature appropriately, and applied for it. [See Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-220951 (Japanese Patent Application No. 62-51125)]

The continuous casting facility shown in the above publication is shown in FIGS.
It is constructed as shown over 13. That is, frame 2
A ladle changer 201 is erected on the upper surface of one side of 17
01 is equipped with at least two arms 201a that can be independently rotated, and is similar to the conventionally known ladle changing device.
It is designed to hold 03 in a removable manner.

On the other side of the upper surface of the frame 217, a ladle changing device 2
The traveling path 211 installed in parallel with 01 is composed of a pair of parallel rails 211a and a pedestal 211b supporting the rails 211a. The traveling carriage 202 has traveling wheels 218 on its bottom surface and guide wheels on both sides. 219 is mounted on the rail 211a, and linearly moves back and forth along the traveling path 211 between the mold 208 and the slag portion 210 provided on the frame 217 by a traveling drive source (not shown).

The mold 208 is the same as that conventionally used in continuous casting equipment, and the slag part 210 is a vertical cutout space provided in the frame 217, and is a waste material storage pot 2.
Equipped with 15.

As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the traveling carriage 202 is provided with a slag window hole 214 having a cover 214a which can be opened and closed in a substantially central portion of the carriage 202 in a penetrating manner.
A swivel frame 202b capable of horizontally swiveling is provided at the front part of the 202, and a tilting frame 202a having a substantially gutter-shaped cross section is projected from the front end of the bogie 202 on the upper surface of the frame 202b through a pair of pivot shaft parts 212, 212. It is provided in such a manner that it can be tilted in the vertical direction with the pivot shaft portion 212 as a fulcrum. The tilting is performed by connecting the piston rod 220a of the tilting cylinder 220 pivotally supported on the swivel frame 202b side to the tilting frame 202a, and the tundish 204 is attached / detached inside the tilting frame 202a via the pin shaft 221. Support it as much as possible.

A frame is provided at the front end of the tilting frame 202a.
222 is erected, and the heating device 202c is attached to the frame 222 so that its position can be adjusted. As the heating device 202c, for example, a known plasma heating device or induction heating device can be appropriately used.

A pouring valve port 205 is provided on the front end side of the bottom of the tundish 204. A slide valve or the like is used as the valve of the pouring port 205 so that the pouring nozzle 209 can be attached to and detached from the valve port 205. Attached. Also, at the bottom of the ladle 203, there is also a hot water discharge valve port using a slide valve.
A hot water discharge nozzle 207 can be attached and detached, and the hot water discharge valve port 206 of the ladle 203 is
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, when the ladle 203 swivels on the tundish 204 via the arm 201a, the swivel fulcrum position of the tundish 204 (swivel frame 20
(2b turning center position), the tundish 204 is set in the ladle 203 in all the turning processes from the standby position (b) to the pouring position (b).
The hot water drainage position in Tandish 2 is constant.
Since the molten metal receiving port in 04 does not change, it is possible to easily swirl while receiving the molten metal.
As shown in FIG. 13, the side wall surface on the side opposite to the pouring valve opening 205 of the slag outlet 213 for discharging waste materials such as metal and slag is provided.
Has been established.

The continuous casting facility having the above structure is used as follows in continuous casting. The arm 201a of the ladle changing device 201 is evacuated to the outside of the traveling path 211 and placed on the outside of the traveling path 211.
04 through the swivel frame 202b, as indicated by the chain double-dashed line,
Rotate to a standby position (b) at right angles to the traveling path 211 to perform maintenance and repair of the pouring valve opening 205 and slag opening 213, maintenance of the heating device 202c, heating of the tundish 204 by the device 202c, etc. Perform casting preparation work. At the same time, the ladle 203 containing the molten metal is loaded on the empty arm 201a of the ladle changing device 201, and the ladle 203 is swung over the tundish 204 after the preparation work through the arm 201a, and the tundish is prepared. Set the hot water discharge nozzle 207 between 204 and the hot water discharge valve port 206 of the ladle 203 to seal it, and open the valve of the hot water discharge valve port 206 to put the molten metal in the ladle 203 into the tundish 204. When a predetermined amount of molten metal is accumulated in the tundish 204, the heating device 202c starts heating the molten metal while squeezing the valve of the drainage hot water outlet 206 as much as possible.
Next, the tundish 204 in the standby position (b) is heated by the heating device while receiving the minimum flow of molten metal from the ladle 203.
While continuing the heating by 202c, swivel to the pouring position (a), and when swirling ends at the pouring position (a), for pouring between the pouring valve port 205 of the tundish 204 and the mold 208 Nozzle 209 is set and sealed, then the same tundish
The valve of the pouring valve port 205 of 204 is opened, and continuous casting is started. During this casting, during continuous casting, when the casting of all the molten metal in the ladle 203 is completed, the hot water discharge nozzle 207 is disconnected, the empty ladle 203 is swung and retracted, and it is already loaded on another empty arm 201a. The ladle 203 containing the molten metal can be swung to discharge the molten metal into the tundish 204 through the connection of the nozzle 207 for discharging the molten metal, and the casting can be continued.

At the end of casting, the hot water drain valve port of the ladle 203
The casting operation is completed by closing the valve of 206, monitoring the remaining amount of molten metal in the tundish 204, and closing the valve of the pouring valve port 205 at the end of casting. Next, while turning the ladle 203 and moving it from the upper surface of the tundish 204, the metal remaining in the tundish 204,
The slag and the like are heated and melted by the heating device 202c, the traveling carriage 202 is moved to the slag position (c) as shown in FIG. 13, the tilting frame 202a is tilted about the pivot shaft 212, and the carriage 202 The molten waste material is discharged from the waste material outlet 213 of the tundish 204 through the opening of the waste material window hole 214 in
It is discharged and stored in the storage pot 215 of 210. When the discharging is completed, the tundish 204 is returned to the horizontal position by the tilting frame 202a returning, the traveling carriage 202 is stopped again toward the pouring position (a) side, and the tundish 204 is returned.
Is rotated to the standby position (b), and the next casting preparation work is performed. Also, when replacing the tundish 204 itself, as shown in FIG.
Clamp on the tilting frame 202a that directly supports the
Remove 216, carry it out with a crane, etc. and replace it.

[0011]

According to the above continuous casting facility, one ladle changing device 201 such as a ladle turret which has been conventionally used, one tundish traveling cart 202, and the same platform are used. A single tundish 204 equipped with a heating device 202c that can swivel and tilt freely on the vehicle 202 makes it possible to perform continuous casting, continuous casting, and continuous casting of different steel types, etc., very efficiently. Although it can be performed, it has the following problems.

[0012] A horizontally swingable swivel frame 202b having a swivel mechanism is loaded on the front part of the traveling carriage 202, and a tilting frame 202a having a substantially gutter-shaped cross section having a tilting mechanism is further provided on the upper surface of the frame 202b. Because it is provided and configured,
The traveling carriage 202 becomes taller as a whole, and moreover, the tilting frame 20 is provided so as to project from the front end of the carriage 202.
2b has to project above the mold 208 to support the tundish 204, and it must turn in that state, so the traveling carriage 202 is prone to tipping and the carriage 202
High load will be applied to the front wheels of. By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional equipment, in order to prevent the traveling carriage 202 from tipping over, guide wheels 219 are provided on both sides of the traveling carriage 202, and the guide wheels 219 are provided on the opposite side of the section L.
It is configured to be mounted on a rail 211a provided on a character-shaped mount 211b, and in order to withstand a high load, various measures such as making the front wheels large and / or wide have been made. Naturally, there is a limit, especially in the case of a large capacity tundish 204 for continuous casting of large cross-section slabs, the traveling carriage 202 becomes too large as a whole, and there is no traveling wheel 218 that can withstand those loads. In addition to the large size of the structure for preventing falling, the safety of the casting work becomes a problem, making it impractical.

[0013]: Tundish 204 after completion of casting
The remaining metal, slag, and the like cause the traveling carriage 202 to move to the slag position (c), and the tilting frame 202a tilts about the pivot shaft 212 as a fulcrum to cause a slag window hole in the carriage 202.
Through the opening of 214, the molten waste is discharged from the waste outlet 213 of the tundish 204 into the storage pot 215 of the waste portion 210,
Although the tilting frame 202a is tilted, the tilting cylinder 202 is pivotally supported on the turning frame 202b side.
The piston rod 220a is connected to the tilting frame 202a, and the tundish 204 is only fixed in the tilting frame 202a by the pin shaft 221. In consideration of its safety, the tundish 204 can only be tilted at a maximum of about 45 degrees, so that the metal and slag in the tundish 204 cannot be completely drained. Also the waste outlet
Due to the large distance from 213 to the storage pot 215,
Slag and the like are easily scattered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a continuous casting facility which can be applied to a wide range of casting capacity of continuous casting and which can perform casting operation safely. .

[0015]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, in the continuous casting facility according to the present invention, the molten metal is poured from the ladle (2) and the molten metal is poured into the mold (3). Load the tundish (6) and this tundish (6),
A traveling carriage (5) that travels between the mold part where the mold (3) is located and the slag part that discharges the slag in the tundish (6);
Tundish by tilting the tundish (6) on the traveling carriage (5) while it is loaded on the traveling carriage (5).
A tilting device (7) provided in the slag part for discharging the slag in (6), and a continuous casting facility, comprising:
A traveling rail (8) on which a traveling carriage (5) travels is laid between the mold portion and the slag portion, and a traveling rail (77) is laid on the upper surface of the tilting device (7) to travel. The tilting device (7) is provided with a tilting table (73) capable of loading the carriage (5) and a tilting mechanism for tilting the tilting table (73).
When the traveling carriage (5) is tilted by the tilting table (73), the locking means for locking the traveling carriage (5) on the tilting table (73) is provided.
In preparation for (73).

[0016]

According to the present invention having the above structure, the tundish is prevented from rotating and tilting on the traveling carriage, the height to the tundish on the traveling carriage can be lowered, and the center of gravity of the tundish is located. Is almost the same on the traveling carriage, so the tundish can be mounted on the traveling carriage in a stable manner and the wheels are loaded evenly,
Moreover, this eliminates the need to worry about the traveling cart falling over.

Since the tundish can be loaded on the turntable of the turning device while the tundish is stably placed on the traveling carriage and the tundish can be turned to the standby position, the pouring position, etc., Safe maintenance of the tundish at the standby position, preparation for pouring at the pouring position, and pouring work can be performed safely.
Further, in the same state, it is loaded on the tilting table of the tilting device, and the locking means on the tilting table can prevent the traveling carriage from tilting sufficiently, so that it can be safely tilted to the vertical state. , Tundish bullion and slag can be completely discharged. Further, the distance from the slag outlet to the slag container can be narrowed, and the metal and slag can be discharged without scattering as much as possible. Further, since the casting preparation work and the casting work can be safely performed in this manner, the efficiency of continuous casting is improved and the productivity of continuous casting is improved.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A suitable embodiment of the equipment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1a is a plan view showing the overall arrangement of the equipment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a ladle changing device, 2 is a ladle, 3 is a mold, 4 is a rotating device, 5 is a traveling carriage, 6 is a tundish, 7 is a tilting device, 8 is a traveling rail of the traveling carriage 5, 9 Is a heating burner device, 10 is a dipping nozzle handling device, 11 is a plasma heating device, and 12 and 13 are decks for tundish maintenance work after slag is removed. The ladle changing device 1, the mold 3, the turning device 4, the tilting device 7, the heating burner device 9 and the like are provided on a frame 14 provided on the floor surface (FL).

The ladle changing device 1 is erected on the upper surface of the frame 14 and has at least two arms 15 which can be independently turned.
Like the conventionally known ladle changing device, the ladle 2 is detachably held on the arm 15.

The rotating device 4 is erected on the side of the mold 3,
As shown in detail in FIGS. 1b to 1c, a cylindrical base 16, a rotary shaft 17 rotatably provided on the cylindrical base 16, and a gear 18 fitted and fixed to the rotary shaft 17, A pinion 22 that meshes with the gear 18 and is connected to a drive motor 19 via a speed reducer 20 and an electromagnetic brake 21, and a rail 23 that is fixed to the upper portion of the rotating shaft 17 and is a part of the traveling rail 8 on the upper surface thereof. The rotary table 24 is rotated by the drive motor 19 over the traveling position (d), the casting position (a) and the standby position (b), and It is designed to be locked by the lock mechanism 25 at the position. The lock mechanism 25 includes a rotary lock wedge 26 fixedly mounted on the lower outer peripheral wall of the rotary table 24 in correspondence with each position, and a swingable swing wedge provided on a side wall of the cylindrical base 16 by a cylinder 27. An arm 28 is provided, and a rotary lock wedge 26 is attached / detached to / from a hole at the tip of the swing arm 28 to fix the position.

The traveling carriage 5 is, as shown in FIGS.
A substantially boat-shaped main body 30 having a bottom 29 in which the bottom surface on the mold 3 side (front side) is notched, a pair of front wheels 31 and rear wheels 32 provided on the lower outer surface of the left and right side walls thereof, and upper notched portions of the left and right side walls. The tundish placing device 34 is provided on the 33 so as to be weighed, and the seal pipe elevating device 35 is provided on the upper part of the left and right side walls near the rear. And, in order to make the traveling carriage 5 self-propelled, a front wheel 31 having a gear 36 is used,
An idler 37 and a pinion 39 on a base 38 provided so as to project outside the side wall of the traveling carriage 5 are meshed with the gear 36,
Speed reducer 40, electromagnetic brake 41, drive motor provided on platform 38
A drive consisting of 42 is connected to the pinion 39. Stand 38
The member 44 having the square hole 43 provided on the lower surface of the is for locking the traveling carriage 5 to the tilting device 7 when the traveling carriage 5 rides on the tilting device 7, which will be described in detail later.

The tundish placing device 34 is shown in detail in FIG.
As shown in a to b, the protrusions 47 projecting from the front and rear end surfaces of the weighing frame 46 are provided in the grooves 45 formed in the front and rear wall surfaces of the upper cutout 33.
Via the check rod 48, and load the load cell 49 between the upper surface of the upper cutout 33 and the lower surface of the weighing frame 46.
The pressing plate 50 of the protruding portion 47 of the weighing frame 46 is fixed to the upper surface of the groove 45 by bolts, and the weighing frame 46 is supported in the upper cutout portion 33 in a floating state. The tundish 6 trunnion is on the top of the weighing frame 46.
A receiving groove 52 of 51 is provided at a front and rear at a predetermined interval, and a rod 54 that engages with a locking hole 53 of the trunnion 51 and the rod 54 is driven into and out of the wall between the front and rear receiving grooves 52. And a power cylinder 55 for Also in the rear groove 45
The check rod 48 provided at the rear end of the tundish 6 is mounted on the tundish 6 and tilted by the tilting device 7, as will be described later. It is supported by a push rod 57 provided with a flat spring 56 provided on the side surface of the upper cutout 33 so as to contact and receive the side surface of the upper cutout 33.

The seal pipe lifting device 35 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, a seal pipe support frame 60 is attached to the tip of the screw shaft 59 of the electric screw jack 58 embedded in the left and right side walls of the main body 30, and is detachably clamped by a flange and a cotter provided on the tip of the shaft 59. A seal pipe 61 is provided at the center of the frame 60 and is configured.

The tundish 6 comprises a tundish body 62 and a tundish lid 63, as shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b. The tundish lid 63 is a tundish body 62.
Is secured to the upper end surface of the side wall of the tank by bolts so as to be attachable and detachable in an airtight manner except for the molten metal discharge port 64 at the rear end. A plate-shaped trunnion 51 for lifting is provided on the left and right outer surfaces of the tundish main body 62, and a traveling carriage is provided under the trunnion 51.
A locking hole 53 that engages with a rod 54 provided on the weighing frame 46 when placed on the receiving groove 52 of the weighing frame 46 of 5 is provided. Further, a pouring port 65a is provided in front of the bottom of the tundish body 62. On the other hand, the tundish lid 63 is provided with an opening 65 for maintenance such as a pouring opening at a position facing the pouring opening 65a, and a hot water receiving opening 66 from the ladle 2 at the rear part. Opening for dry heating burner 67, 68
However, plasma torch openings 69 are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the central portion, and the openings 65, 67, 68, 69 are provided with lids except when necessary.

The tilting device 7, as shown in FIGS.
A tilting table 73 having a standing frame 70 at the rear end of the upper surface and a standing frame 72 having tilting shafts 71 fixed to the left and right ends, and a large-sized waste slag groove 74 in which the tilting table 73 is provided. A bearing 75 for holding the tilting shaft 71 on the left and right frames 14 and a drive device for tiltingly driving the tilting shaft 71.
And a rail 77, which is a part of the traveling rail 8, is laid on the upper surface of the tilting table 73, and travels when the traveling carriage 5 rides between the rail 77 and the standing frame 72. A locking device 78 that locks the traveling carriage 5 by engaging with the square hole 43 of the member 44 provided on the lower surface of the base 38 of the carriage 5 is provided. Further, on the lower surface of the tilting table 73, in order to maintain the tilted state when the tilting table 73 is tilted,
A fixture 81 that engages with a fixing device 80 provided on the left and right frame walls in the waste ditch 74, and a maintenance deck 79 for servicing the lower surface of the tundish 6 when the tilting table 73 is tilted are provided. There is.

As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the locking device 78 pivotally supports an arm 83 on a bearing 82 provided on the tilt table 73, and a rod 84 associated with the tilt table 73 at the rear end of the arm 83. A spring 85 is provided so that the rod 84 is engaged with the rear end of the arm 83 and the rear end of the arm 83 is urged toward the upper surface of the tilt table 73.
The hydraulic rotary actuator 86 provided in the above is installed at the lower end of the screw jack 87 and drives the screw jack 87. The upper end of the screw jack 87 is the arm 83
It is constructed by abutting on the lower surface of the rear end of the
When removing from the square hole 43 of the member 44 provided on the lower surface of 38,
The arm 83 is held horizontally by the spring 85 and the screw jack 87, and when the traveling carriage 5 is mounted and tilted, the hydraulic rotary actuator 86 is driven to drive the screw jack.
87 is projected against the spring force of the spring 85, the tip side of the arm 83 is pressed against the lower surface of the square hole 43, and the traveling carriage 5 is tilted.
I am trying to hold it at 73.

The traveling rail 8 is, as shown in FIGS. 1b to 1c, a rail 23 laid on the turning table 24 of the turning device 4 and a rail 77 laid on the tilting table 73 of the tilting device 7. And a rail 89 laid on the intermediate frame 88 (corresponding to a part of the frame 14) between the rotating device 4 and the tilting device 7, and when the rail 23 and the rail 89 are in a traveling state, A rod 91 of a cylinder 90 horizontally provided on the frame 88 is projected and inserted into a receiving hole 92 provided on the rotary table 24 to hold the rotary table 24 horizontally and the rails 23 and 89 in a horizontal state. I am trying to do it. Similarly, when the rails 77 and 89 are in the traveling state, the rod 94 of the cylinder 93 horizontally provided on the intermediate frame 88 is projected and inserted into the receiving hole 95 provided in the tilting table 73, and the tilting table 73 is moved. The rail 77 and the rail 89 are held horizontally and the rail 77 and the rail 89 are held horizontally.

As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the heating burner device 9 includes a self-propelled carriage 96 that moves forward and backward and a heating burner on the carriage 96.
When the tilting table 73 of the tilting device 7 is loaded with the traveling carriage 5 on which the tundish 6 is mounted and tilted, the tip of the heating burner 97 is positioned to face the hot water inlet 66 of the tundish 6. Thus, it is provided on the deck 12 for the tundish maintenance work after the slag that is erected upright behind the slag groove 74. In the figure, reference numeral 98 denotes a protection gate, which is moved vertically by a drive device 99 and protects the heating burner device 9 from the heat of the waste metal and the like when the waste is discharged. 100 is the deck
An exhaust duct swivelable above 12 is swiveled to connect to the dry heating burner opening 67 of the tundish 6. 101 is a waste container. Further, as shown in this figure, since the tilting table 73 tilts substantially vertically, the maintenance deck 79 provided on the lower surface of the tilting table 73 is positioned horizontally, so that the tundish maintenance after the slag provided on the side is maintained. The work deck 13 is connected so that the worker can board the maintenance deck 79 and perform maintenance on the lower surface side of the tundish 6.

The immersion nozzle handling device 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in a and b, an arm 102 that can be swung and moved up and down.
The heating frame 103 and the heating pot 103 are provided on the traveling carriage 104. A concave frame 105 is horizontally supported by the two slide guides 106a at the tip of the arm 102, and is provided so as to be able to move forward and backward by the cylinder 106. Further, a cylinder 108 having a tilting rotary actuator 107 on a cylinder rod is provided in a parallel portion of the concave frame 105 so as to hold the immersion nozzle 109. Then, normally, the immersion nozzle 109 is heated by the heating pot 103 and waits at the standby position, and it is self-propelled to the casting position immediately before the start of casting. At this position, with the arm 102 raised, the concave frame 105 is swung over the heating pot 103 and lowered to clamp the immersion nozzle 109 being heated by the cylinder 108. Subsequently, the arm 102 is raised and swung, and the tilting rotary actuator 107 is driven to load the dipping nozzle 109 vertically to load the mold 3 into the mold 3 and the tundish 6 located above the mold 3 is loaded. The immersion nozzle 109 is fixedly provided on the bottom pouring port 65a.

As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the plasma heating device 11 is provided with wheels that roll on the upper and side surfaces of the track 110 on an arc-shaped track 110 centered on the center of rotation of the rotary table 24. A self-propelled carriage 111 is provided, an arm 112 is provided on the self-propelled carriage 111 toward the center of rotation, and a plasma torch 113 is provided at the tip of the arm 112. The tundish 6 travels on the rotary table 24. Mounted with dolly 5,
Preheat the inside of the tundish 6 when it is in the standby position (b), while waiting for the molten steel to be taken from the ladle 2 at the hot water inlet 66 at the standby position (b), and after that, at the casting position (b) It is used to heat the molten steel in the tundish 6 while moving to and to keep the molten steel in the tundish 6 as needed during casting.

The continuous casting facility having the above-described structure is used, for example, as follows in continuous casting. A) Tundish 6 preheated in the tundish preheating field (not shown) is lifted by a crane (not shown) and placed on the tundish placement device 34 of the traveling carriage 5 on the traveling rail 8 and
Place the device in the locking hole 53 of the trunnion 51 of the tundish 6.
Load the rod 54 of 34 and drive the tundish 6 trolley 5
At the same time, the seal pipe support frame 60 is fixed on the hot water inlet 66 of the tundish 6 via the tip of the screw shaft 59 of the seal pipe lifting device 35.

B) The traveling carriage 5 is supported on the tilting table 73 of the tilting device 7 which is held horizontally and is in a traveling state.
The upper end is self-propelled so that the rear end abuts on the standing frame 70, and the square hole 43 of the member 44 provided on the lower surface of the base 38 of the traveling carriage 5 is engaged with the arm 83 of the locking device 78. Then, the tilting table 73 is tilted in a vertical state about the tilting shaft 71 by driving the driving device 76, and after tilting, the temperature is lowered while the tundish 6 is mounted on the traveling carriage 5. In order to recover this, a heating burner device installed on the deck 12 for tundish maintenance work after slag is removed.
Open the protection gate 98 of 9 and move the heating burner 97 forward so that the tip faces the hot water inlet 66 of the tundish 6, and
The exhaust duct 100, which is rotatably provided on the deck 12, is swung to connect to the opening 67 for the dry heating burner of the tundish 6 to heat the inside of the tundish 6. At this time, the maintenance deck 79 to the upper surface of the tundish 6 provided from above the tundish maintenance work deck 12 after the slag and on the lower surface of the tilting table 73 connected to the tundish maintenance work deck 13 after the slag. And necessary maintenance can be done on the bottom surface.
When the inside of the tundish 6 is heated to a predetermined temperature and preparation for casting is completed, the heating burner 97 and the exhaust duct 100 are removed from the tundish 6, the heating burner device 9 is returned to its original position, and the tilting table 73 is returned to the horizontal state. Locking device 78
Release the fixing of the traveling carriage 5 by the arm 83 of.

C) The traveling carriage 5 is self-propelled on the traveling rail 8 from above the tilting table 73 of the tilting device 7 and is placed on the turning table 24 of the turning device 4 held at the running position (d). When the tundish 6 has a hot water inlet 66 located at the center of rotation of the rotary table 24, the drive motor 19 for self-propelling is stopped and an electromagnetic brake 21 is applied to fix it.

D) Thereafter, the turntable 24 is turned to the standby position (b) and fixed at this position. When in this position, the mold 3 is maintained and a dummy bar (not shown) is charged, and if necessary, the tundish 6's bottom pouring port 65a, etc., is repaired, and the tundish 6 is replaced.
Perform casting preparation work such as heating inside. At the same time, ladle 2 containing molten metal is loaded on arm 15 of ladle changer 1, and ladle 2 is swung over arm 15 onto tundish 6 for which preparation has been completed, and tundish 6 And the hot water discharge valve port of the ladle 2 are set, and the seal pipe 61 is raised by the seal pipe elevating device 35 to seal and the valve at the hot water discharge port is opened. The molten metal in the pan 2 is poured into the tundish 6, and when a predetermined amount of molten metal is accumulated in the tundish 6, the plasma torch 113 of the plasma heating device 11 is equipped to heat the molten metal.

E) After that, the tundish 6 at the standby position (b) is moved to the pouring position (b) while receiving the minimum flow rate of the molten metal from the ladle 2 and continuing the heating by the plasma heating device 11. When rotated and moved to the pouring position (a), the immersion nozzle is heated between the pouring valve port of the tundish 6 and the mold 3 by the immersion nozzle handling device 10 in the heating pot 103 of the device 10. Set and seal 109, open the valve for the pouring valve of the tundish 6, and start continuous casting. During this casting, during continuous casting, when the casting of all the molten metal in the ladle 2 is completed, the nozzle for draining the molten metal is cut off, the empty ladle 2 is swung and retracted, and the molten metal already loaded on the other empty arm 15 is melted. Mixed ladle 2
Can be swirled to discharge the hot water into the tundish 6 through the connection of the hot water discharge nozzle, and the casting can be continued.

At the end of casting, the hot water discharge valve of the ladle 2 is closed, and the remaining amount of molten metal in the tundish 6 is monitored by the weighing frame 46 and the load cell 49 of the tundish placing device 34 of the traveling carriage 5. Then, the casting operation is completed by closing the valve of the pouring valve port at the end of casting.

F) After the casting work is completed, the ladle 2 is swung to move it from the upper surface of the tundish 6, and the turning table 24 of the turning device 4 is moved from the casting position (a) to the traveling position (d). ), The traveling carriage 5 is self-propelled on the traveling rail 8 from above the rotating table 24 of the rotating device 4, and is then held horizontally on the tilting table 73 of the tilting device 7 which is in a traveling state. Put the same state as described in B) above,
Similarly, the metal that tilts and remains in Tundish 6,
The slag and the like can be discharged into the slag container 101, and if necessary, the inside of the tundish 6 can be heated by the heating burner device 9 to heat and melt the solidified metal, slag and the like, and to discharge the slag. When the waste is finished, the heating burner device 9 is returned to its original position, the tilting table 73 is returned to the horizontal state, and the locking device 78 is returned.
Release the fixation of the traveling carriage 5 by the arm 83 of the
The operations of to F) can be repeated.

G) When replacing the tundish 6,
Carry out the procedure opposite to A) above and carry out from the traveling carriage 5 by a crane.

As described above, according to the present invention, the traveling carriage 5
A ladle changing device 1 for supporting the molten metal ladle 2 so that it can be loaded and unloaded and swung can be installed on the side of the traveling rail 8 and a part of the rail 8 is laid on the side of the continuous casting mold 3. Since the moving device 4 and the tilting device 7 for laying a part of the rail 8 on the slag are provided, the pouring tundish 6 is simply mounted on the traveling carriage 5 so that it can be detached. In addition, the tundish 6 can be stably rotated on the traveling carriage 5 to the pouring position (a) and the like, and the tilting at the time of slag can be performed safely.

When the traveling carriage (5) is tilted by the tilting device (7), the traveling carriage (5) is provided with locking devices (78) provided on both sides of the traveling rail (77) and a tilting table (73). ) Since the upright frame (70) at the rear end portion can be locked in a fixed state without rolling, slag work can be performed safely.

[0041]

As described above, according to the continuous casting facility according to the present invention, the height to the tundish on the traveling carriage can be lowered and the center of gravity of the tundish can be located on the traveling carriage. Since there is almost no change, the tundish can be mounted on the traveling carriage in a stable manner so that the wheels have an average load, and there is no fear of the traveling carriage falling over.

Since the tundish can be stably placed on the traveling carriage in this manner and loaded on the turning table of the turning device, the tundish can be turned to the standby position, the pouring position, or the like. It is possible to safely perform tundish maintenance at the standby position, preparation for casting at the casting position, and casting work.
Further, in the same state, the tilting device is loaded on the tilting table, and the locking means on the tilting table can prevent the traveling carriage from tilting sufficiently, so that the traveling carriage can be tilted safely in the vertical state. Yes, so the tundish bullion,
The slag can be completely discharged, and the interval from the slag outlet to the slag container can be narrowed, so that the metal and slag can be discharged without scattering as much as possible.

Further, since the casting preparation work and the casting work can be safely performed in this way, the efficiency of continuous casting is improved and the productivity of continuous casting can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the equipment of the present invention, (a) is a plan view showing the overall arrangement, (b) is a front view showing the arrangement of a rotating device, a tilting device, and a traveling rail, and (c) is (b). FIG.

FIG. 2 (a) is a front view of a traveling carriage of the equipment of the present invention,
(B) is the side view.

FIG. 3 (a) is a front view of a tundish placing device of the equipment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 (b) is a top view thereof.

4A is a front view of a tundish of the equipment of the present invention, and FIG. 4B is a side view thereof.

FIG. 5 (a) is a front view of a locking device for a traveling carriage in the tilting device of the equipment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 (b) is a top view thereof.

FIG. 6 (a) is a front view for explaining a slag portion of the equipment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 (b) is a side view thereof.

7 (a) is a front view of a handling device for an immersion nozzle of the equipment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 (b) is a side view thereof.

FIG. 8 (a) is a front view of the plasma heating apparatus of the equipment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 (b) is a side view thereof.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Ladle changer 2: Ladle
3: Mold 4: Rotating device 5: Traveling cart
6: Tundish 7: Tilt device 8: Traveling rail
9: Heating burner device 10: Immersion nozzle handling device 1
1: Plasma heating device 12, 13: Tundish maintenance work deck 1
4: Frame 23, 77: Rail 24: Rotating table 34: Tundish placing device 35: Seal pipe lifting device 62: Tundish body 63: Tundish lid 64: Slag discharge port 65a: Pouring port 6
6: Hot water inlet 73: Tilt table 74: Slag slot 7
8: Locking device 101: Waste container

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Kouji Minagawa 2-10-6 Kitaaoki, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo (72) Inventor Yoshinobu Ishihara 2-33-17 Anokaji-cho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka (72) Invention Person Katsunori Takahashi 2-4-17 Sakuragicho, Suma-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tundish (6) for pouring molten metal from a ladle (2) and pouring the molten metal into a mold (3), and loading this tundish (6) on the mold (3). With the traveling carriage (5) traveling between the mold part where is located and the slag part that discharges the sludge in the tundish (6), and the tundish (6) is loaded on the traveling carriage (5). It is a continuous casting facility that includes a tilting device (7) provided in the slag section that discharges the molten slag in the tundish (6) by tilting the traveling carriage (5). The traveling rail (8) on which the traveling carriage (5) travels is laid between the mold portion and the slag portion, and the tilting device (7) has a traveling rail (77) on the upper surface.
Tilt table (73) on which the traveling carriage (5) can be loaded
And a tilting mechanism for tilting the tilting table (73), and when the tilting device (7) tilts the running carriage (5), the running carriage (5) is locked on the tilting table (73). Continuous casting equipment, characterized in that the tilting table (73) is provided with locking means. 2. Locking means for locking the traveling carriage (5) on the tilt table (73) when the traveling carriage (5) is tilted by the tilting device (7), both side portions of the traveling rail (77). And a tilting table (7)
3) The tilt table (73) is configured to include a standing frame (70) standing on the rear end portion, and the tilting table (73) is rotated about an axis orthogonal to the traveling rail (77) by the tilting mechanism. The continuous casting facility according to claim 1, which tilts.