US3700073A - Self-aligning and flexing guide-roll rack - Google Patents

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US3700073A
US3700073A US143077A US3700073DA US3700073A US 3700073 A US3700073 A US 3700073A US 143077 A US143077 A US 143077A US 3700073D A US3700073D A US 3700073DA US 3700073 A US3700073 A US 3700073A
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  • ABSTRACT A guide-roll rack for use in a continuous-casting machine.
  • the rack is formed of a short-length upper section and a longer lower section which is made up of individual subsections. Both the upper and lower sections are supported on a frame which rests on the supporting structure of the machine.
  • the rack is stationary vertically but can shift horizontally to a limited extent to facilitate aligning it with the mold and its sections and subsections with one another.
  • the mold-support frame oscillates vertically, but carries rollers which ride against the upper section of the rack for aligning the rack with the mold.
  • the sections and subsections are flexibly connected to assure proper alignment. 7
  • This invention relates to an improved guide-roll rack for use in a continuous-casting machine.
  • liquid metal is poured through an open-ended watercooled vertically oscillating mold.
  • a casting,'which at this stage has only a relatively thin solidified skin and a liquid core, emerges continuously. from the lower end of the mold.
  • the casting travels through a series of idler guide rolls, where water is sprayed on its surface to effect further solidification.
  • the guide rolls define a pass which must be accurately aligned throughout its height to confine the casting and accurately aligned also with the mold and with power driven pinch rolls below. Any misalignment of the guide rolls can rupture the skin of the casting and cause a break-out of liquid metal.
  • the severe conditions under which guide rolls operate necessitate that they be removed frequently for maintenance or replacement, particularly the rolls nearest the mold where the casting is at its greatest temperature. It is of course necessary to shut down the whole operation to change guide rolls.
  • An object of my invention is to provide an improved guide-roll rack which is formed of flexibly related sections and subsections to permit limited weaving of the descending casting, but in which flexing is controlled and takes place only to the extent needed to align the rolls.
  • a further object is to provide an improved guide-roll rack which can be installed readily in a casting machine or removed for maintenance or replacement, and in which the rolls nearest the mold can be removed without disturbing the others.
  • a further object is to provide a combination of mold support and'guide-roll rack which embody improved means for maintaining the uppermost vertically stationary rolls in proper alignment with a vertically oscillating mold thereabove.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view with parts broken away of a guide-roll rack constructed in accordance with my invention, along with a portion of the surrounding structure in a continuous-casting machine;
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the roll rack shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on a larger scale showing how I mount the guide rolls and edge rolls in the uppermost rack section;
  • FIG. 4 is a vertical section on a larger scale on line IV-IV of FIG. 2 showing the hold-down embodied in my roll rack;
  • FIG. 5 is a vertical section on line V-V of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 6 is a horizontal section on line Vl-VI of FIG.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic side elevational view showing a modification
  • FIG. 8 is a diagrammatic side elevational view showing another modification.
  • FIG. 1 shows a fixed supporting structure 10 of a continuous-casting machine, which can be conventional apart from my novel guide-roll rack and my novel means for maintaining the uppermost section of the rack in alignment with the mold.
  • the machine includes a mold-support frame 12, an open-ended watercooled mold 13carried by said frame, and'a drive cam 14 (shown only diagrammatically) for vertically oscillating the frame and mold.
  • the rack comprises a relatively short upper section 15 located immediately beneath mold l3 and a relatively long lower section 16 located beneath the short section. The long section is made up of individualv subsections 16a, 16b and 16c.
  • the casting machine includes a conventional power driven pinch-roll assembly 17 located immediately beneath the long section 16 of the roll rack.
  • Both sections 15 and 16 of the mold rack are removably supported on a non-oscillating rigid frame 21, which removably rests on the supporting structure 10.
  • Frame 21 is rectangular in plan, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the supporting structure 10 has upstanding locating pins 22 received in corresponding oversize holes 23 in frame 21, whereby the frame can be dropped readily into its proper position, but can shift horizontally to a limited extent.
  • the frame includes four horizontal shelves 24 located within its respective interior corners for supporting the short section 15, as hereinafter described.
  • Each of the end members of the frame carries a pair of pivot pins 25 (four altogether).
  • Respective semiflexible links 26 depend from pivot pins 25 for supporting the long section 16, as hereinafter described.
  • the lower ends 27 of links 26 are tapered to fit within corresponding sockets in the pinch-roll assembly 17.
  • the short section 15 includes a pair of girders 29 at its opposite ends resting on shelves 24.
  • the ends of the girders have depending dowels 30 received in oversize holes 31 in shelves 24 to locate the short section 15 properly, yet permit it to have limited horizontal movement with respect to frame 21.
  • l pivot holddown levers 32 of inverted U-shape to the respective shelves 24 (FIG. 4).
  • the ends of the girders 29 have inwardly projecting tabs 33 which are received within the bights of said levers.
  • the levers carry spring-pressed plungers 34 which have rounded tips at their lower ends received in oversize rounded depressions 35 in the upper faces of tabs 33 to allow limited horizontal shifting of the short section 15 with respect to frame 21.
  • the hold-down devices prevent the short section 15 from vibrating up and down, but readily can be pivoted clear of the tabs so as not to interfere with lifting the section from frame 21.
  • girders 29 carry a cage 38 which is rectangular in plan and in which I journal a series of vertically spaced opposed pairs of guide rolls 39 and 40 and edge rolls 41 and 42.
  • the bearings for the guide rolls 39 at the left occupy a fixed position with respect to the frame, while the bearings for the guide rolls 40 at the right can be adjusted horizontally to vary the spacing between guide rolls.
  • the bearings for rolls 40 are mounted on a bracket 43 which has a slot 44 (FIG. 3).
  • the guide rolls and edge rolls define a pass for confining a partially solidified casting coming from the mold.
  • the exterior side faces of the cage 38 carry four pads 45 (FIG. 2).
  • the inner faces of girders 29 carry pads 46 outside cage 38.
  • the mold-support frame 12 carries four depending brackets 47 (FIG. 1).
  • the inner faces of the respective brackets carry bearings 48 in which I journal rollers 49 and 50 (FIG. 2).
  • I journal rollers 49 and 50 (FIG. 2).
  • the four rollers 49 and the four rollers 50 ride up and down along the respective pads 45 and 46 and thus maintain the non-oscillating short section of the roll rack in accurate alignment with the mold 13.
  • the uppermost subsection 16a of the long section 16 includes a cage 51 which is rectangular in plan.
  • the end walls of cage 51 carry exterior trusses 52 which I attach to the four links 26.
  • the respective trusses 52 are attached to the respective links with upper and lower pivot pins 53 and 54.
  • Within cage 51 I journal a series of vertically spaced opposed pairs of guide rolls 55 and 56 and edge rolls 57 and 58.
  • the bearings for the guide rolls 55 at the left are fixed and the bearings for the guide rolls 56 at the right can be adjusted, similar to the bearings in the short section 15 there'above.
  • the other two subsections 16b and 16c are of similar construction to the uppermost subsection 16a; hence I have not repeated the description.
  • water inlet pipes 59 extend upwardly through the supporting structure 10.
  • Frame 21 carries respective mating continuations 60 of pipes 59 leading to conventional spray nozzles (not shown) between the guide rolls. I interpose suitable seals between the ends of pipes 59 and 60'.
  • FIG. 7 shows a modification in which the links 26 are attached to the trusses of the subsections 16a, 16b and 16c with pivot pins 61 located intermediate the height of the subsection.
  • FIG. 8 shows another modification in which subsections 16a, 16b and 16c are attached to the frame 21 and to one another with individual shortlength links 62 and pivot pins 63 and 64 at top and bottom.
  • the lowermost link 62a is tapered at its lower end, as indicated at 65, for engagement with the pinch roll assembly 17.
  • the pivotal connections of the links 26 or 62 to the frame 21, and the pivotal connections of the subsections 16a, 16b and 16c to these links afford sufficient flexibility that the guide rolls 55 and 56 of the long section 16 align themselves automatically with the guide rolls 39 and 40 of the short section 15.
  • the rollers 49 and 50 automatically align the short section with the mold 13.
  • Engagement of the tapered lower ends of the links 26 or 62a with the pinch-roll assembly 17 assures that the guide roll rack remains in alignment at its lower end with the pinch rolls.
  • the individual links 62 of FIG. 6 afford the greatest degree of flexibility, forming in effect a parallelogram linkage, while the continuous links 26 of FIG. I afford the least. Nevertheless in all three embodiments the degree of flexing is limited, and the sections cannot flex to an extent that they distort the casting, yet they allow necessary weaving of the casting.
  • the mold support frame 12 and mold l3 first are lifted out of the way. Thereafter the frame 21, together with both the short and long sections 15 and 16, can be lifted as a unit from the supportin s ructure 10.Alte ativel t e short sec ion 15 an b lifted separately rom tll e rame 21, leaving frame 21 and the long section 16 in place. The rolls of the short section require the most frequent attention, and can be removed without disturbing the others.
  • the continuation 60 of the water inlet pipes 59 are lifted outwith the frame 21.
  • my invention affords a flexible mold discharge roll-rack which is self-aligning with an oscillating mold and within itself. At the same time flexing is limited to preventdamage to a casting.
  • the rack is readily removed and disassembled for maintenance.
  • I have omitted the nozzles to which pipes 59 and 60 are connected, along with other conventional parts not directly involved in my invention.
  • a guide-roll rack for use in a continuous-casting machine, said rack comprising:
  • said upper section and said subsections each including a cage and rolls journaled in said cage defining an aligned pass for confining a partially solidified casting.
  • suspending means include links pivotally attached to said frame and pivotally attached to said subsections.
  • a rack as defined in claim 2 in which there are individual links attaching the uppermost subsection to said frame and the subsections to one another, forming in effect parallelogram linkages.
  • a rack as defined in claim 1 inwhich said frame is rectangular in plan and includes shelves in the respective interior corner, said upper section resting on said shelves.
  • a rack as defined in claim 7 further comprising hold-down levers pivoted to said shelves, tabs fixed to said upper section and extending under said levers, and spring-pressed plungers carried by said levers and engaging said tabs.

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US4110889A (en) * 1975-12-31 1978-09-05 United States Steel Corporation Method of assembling continuous casting discharge rack
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US3967362A (en) * 1975-07-14 1976-07-06 United States Steel Corporation Continuous caster alignment method
US4110889A (en) * 1975-12-31 1978-09-05 United States Steel Corporation Method of assembling continuous casting discharge rack
FR2357317A1 (fr) * 1976-07-08 1978-02-03 Voest Ag Installation de coulee continue a lingotiere montee sur table elevatrice
FR2429059A1 (fr) * 1978-06-23 1980-01-18 Voest Alpine Ag Guidage de barre de coulee pour une installation de coulee continue
US6145575A (en) * 1996-05-20 2000-11-14 Voest-Alpine Industrienlagenbau Gmbh Continuous casting machine
CN103010658A (zh) * 2012-12-13 2013-04-03 无锡市宝禾机械设备有限公司 一种升降辊道装置
CN103010658B (zh) * 2012-12-13 2016-04-13 无锡市宝禾机械设备有限公司 一种升降辊道装置
CN104001889A (zh) * 2014-05-07 2014-08-27 江苏永钢集团有限公司 连铸机中的托辊装置
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