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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8047263 | Device for the horizontal continuous strip casting of steel The invention relates to a device for the horizontal continuous strip casting of steel, especially steel with high manganese content, for producing a pre-strip with a thickness ≦15 mm. The device includes a tundish containing the melt, a primary cooling zone havin... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8033318 | Plant for producing metal strip Plant for the continuous casting of thick slabs, blooms or other similar steel products comprising an ingot mold and a series of containment and guiding rollers placed in the area below the ingot mold on both sides of the cast product, i.e. on the intrados and extra... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7971629 | Strand guide roller A strand guide roller (100) of a strand guide device for guiding a cast strand (200) includes at least one first and one second sectional rollers arranged next to each other, includes a middle bearing (120-1, 120-2) located between... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7926547 | Strand guiding roller In the case of a strand guiding roller with at least one roller shell and with at least two supporting shafts, two supporting shafts being respectively connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a roller shell and each supporting shaft being rotatably supported in ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7325586 | Internally cooled billet guiding roller An internally cooled strand-guiding roll for a continuous casting installation, having a central rotatable shaft and at least one roll shell supported fixed against rotation on the shaft. To make the strand-guiding roll better able to withstand the mechanical and th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7281567 | Casting roll and a method for producing a casting roll A casting roll for the continuous casting of thin metal strips, in particular steel strips in a double-roll or roll-in installation. The roll comprises a roll core with an external casing and an annular roll jacket with an internal casing. The jacket surrounds the c... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7188502 | Method and device for changing the rolls of a tube welding stand The invention relates to a method for changing sets of top rolls, lateral rolls, and a bottom roll, and mounted in chocks of a welding stand of a continuously operating longitudinal tube welding machine. The inventive method enables the rolls to be changed faster, u... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178578 | Continuous casting roll A continuous casting roll for the continuous casting of metal strip. The continuous casting roll has an essentially cylindrical core and a jacket, for example, made of a copper alloy, that is shrunk onto it. A relaxation zone is provided between the core and jacket.... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159642 | Method and strand guide for supporting, guiding and cooling casting strands made of steel, especially preliminary sections for girders A method and strand guide for supporting, guiding and cooling casting strands (1) made of steel, especially preliminary sections (2) for girders, which are cooled by injected water (29) and are drawn, serve to prevent cracks, especially surface ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152660 | Rotary lead-through for the coolant inflow and outflow of a back-up and/or conveyor roller which is rotably held in a bearing arrangement at the end The invention relates to a rotary lead-through for the coolant inflow and outflow of a back-up and/or conveyor roller (1) which is held in a bearing arrangement at the end at least by means of bearing journals (10) located in bearing blocks (11)... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7100673 | Roll support device for continuous metallic strip casting Support device for an assembly (14) of the casting rolls (11, 11′) of a continuous metallic strip casting line comprising a movable support at each axial end. Such supports (17, 17′, 19, 19′) are provided with a hydraulic bearing (13 | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096923 | Segment roll for continuous casting machines A segment roll for use in a continuous casting machine includes a number of roll segments axially spaced apart and supported in bearings on a non-rotating shaft. Each roll segment is a self-contained unit including a sleeve-shaped outer mantle, an internal sleeve di... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6957688 | Roll apparatus of continuous caster and cylindrical roller bearing for supporting roll of continuous caster A roll apparatus provided at a continuous caster for transferring a cast piece to a predetermined location includes: at least three divided rolls arranged to align concentrically and in an axial direction thereof to constitute a roll forming a cast piece transfer pa... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945311 | Method for the vertical continuous casting of a steel strip In a method for vertical continuous casting of a steel band, a strand (11) of a parallelogram-like cross section is cast at first in a revolving chill-mold (2) and is thereafter transferred from said initial cross section with completely solidified lon... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935408 | Method for producing steel slabs A method for producing steel slabs, whereby the strand leaves an ingot mold with melt enclosed by a strand shell and, in a strand guide located downstream, the opening width of guide rolls mounted in segments with upper and lower frames can be set in a continuous ma... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6913065 | Device for continuously casting metals, especially steel A device for continuously casting metals, especially steel, consists of multipleconsecutive segments (1) which each form the strand guide for casting strands of different widths (4), with roller pairs (2). The rollers are rotationally mounted on... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6892794 | Method and device for continuous casting and subsequent forming of a steel billet, especially a billet in the form of an ingot or a preliminary section The secondary cooling and the strand support are matched to the cooling state of a continuously cast strand cross section. The secondary cooling and support are reduced in dependence upon the solidification profile of the cast strand along the distance traveled.... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883585 | Crystallizer with rollers for a continuous casting machine Crystallizer comprising two crystallizer rollers disposed substantially parallel to each other to define a meniscus of liquid steel arriving from a tundish. The crystallizer rollers are provided inside with cooling means and are able to rotate in opposite directions... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883586 | Strip guide for a strip-casting unit and adjusting device for the roller segments thereof The invention relates to a strip guide for a strip casting unit, comprising at least two segments, in particular roller segments (1-4), each with a strip input side (2.1) and a strip output side (3.1) and a pair of roller supports, each with a n... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6837301 | Strip casting apparatus Twin roll strip caster comprising parallel casting rolls one of which is mounted on moveable roll supports which allow it to move bodily toward and away from the other roll. A pair of roll biasing units comprising compression act on roll supports to bias the moving ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6834707 | Method and apparatus for the continuous production of cast or remelted billets using an electroslag method The invention relates to a method and the apparatus required for carrying out the method for the continuous production of billets or ingots of metals, in particular steels and Ni- and Co-base alloys using the method of electroslag remelting and electroslag continuou... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6810942 | Device for the continuous casting of metals, especially steel, for use in a solidified bending method The invention relates to a device for the continuous casting of metals, especially steel, for use in a solidified-bending method. Said device comprises, downstream of the continuous casting mold, a straight strand guide (1) and a bending device (3) tha... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810943 | Method and device for producing thin slabs A continuous casting installation for producing thin slabs includes a laterally adjustable mold in which an immersion nozzle protrudes. In the mold there is opposite a larger crowned cross section on the charging side a cross section on the strand outlet side which ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6779587 | Method and device for adjusting one or more roll segments in a continuous casting installation for casting metals, especially for steel materials A method and a device for adjusting one or more roll segments (1) in a continuous casting installation for metals, especially for steel materials, the rolls (1a) of which adjusted in the segment upper frame (2) and the segment lower frame... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6736189 | Guide segment fitted with rollers on a continuous casting installation The invention relates to a guide segment fitted with rollers on a continuous casting installation. In order to be able to accommodate as high mechanical loads as possible so as to accommodate the supporting force, at least some rollers are split up into three axiall... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6712123 | Method and device for change of section of a billet of a continuous casting plant during continuous casting In a method for changing the section of a billet of a continuous casting plant during continuous casting, wherein opposed sides of the billet are in contact with oppositely positioned roll supports arranged below a continuous casting die, wherein the roll supports a... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6634416 | Device and process for fast changing of parts of the bar guide in continuous-casting plants In a continuous-casting plant, the segments of the guide for the casting bar are replaced rapidly, at least in part, using a two-station system, at least one of which stations being mobile, so as to be able to align head on a platform provided with means ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6619375 | Casting roll In a casting roll for a thin strip casting plant, comprising an essentially cylindrical core (1), a mantle (2) of copper or a copper alloy optionally being provided with at least one outside layer (5), an internal cooling system (4) as well as an adjustin... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6609556 | Method and device for casting prefabricated products in a continuous casting device In a method for casting prefabricated products in a continuous casting device, having a casting mold and a strand guide downstream of the casting mold, wherein the strand guide has rolls positioned opposite one another in pairs for supporting and guiding ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6568460 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the profile of a continuously cast slab, particularly of a thin slab A method and an apparatus for adjusting the profile of a continuously cast slab, particularly of a thin slab, wherein the profile is determined in accordance with given requirements with respect to its camber or wedge shape by the gap geometry of strand g... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6540010 | Device for hydraulically adjusting the rollers of strand guiding segments of a continuous casting installation A device for hydraulic adjustment of rollers of strand guiding segments of a strand casting device has hydraulic cylinders which are separated by a piston with piston rod into a cylinder chamber and an annular cylinder chamber, respectively. The cylinder ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6533023 | Feeding strip material A pinch roll assembly that may be used for feeding hot metal strip comprises a pair of parallel pinch rolls. At least one of the rolls comprises a copper or copper alloy tube providing the external peripheral roll surface and internal water cooling passag... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6527042 | Roll for the continuous casting of metal strips comprising a cooling circuit The roll body (110) of the invention for a continuous casting machine is able to carry a cylindrical shell (111) in its central part and includes a cooling circuit (200), the circuit having at least one cooling liquid supply conduit (30), at least one coo... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520245 | Guide element of a continuous casting plant A guide element of a continuous casting plant, particularly a continuous casting plant for thin slabs, for guiding a metal strip in a strand guiding direction includes a pair of guide rollers which are located opposite each other relative to the metal str... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6484793 | Guide roller In order, in a guide roller for continuous-casting plants, which is formed by a plurality of aligned roller portions, to avoid the creeping movements of the guide roller in the axial direction and thermally induced distortions in it, it is proposed that a... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6467533 | Machine and method for continuous casting of steel Among the slab-supporting guide roll pairs disposed in the region in which a liquid core exists within the slab, at least four consecutive guide roll pairs are disposed under such conditions that the roll axis-to-axis distances on the fixed side and loose... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6463996 | Device for resetting guide segments of continuous casting or continuous casting and rolling plant A device for resetting opposite guide segments of a continuous casting or continuous casting and rolling plant in three different positions, and including a hydraulic cylinder connectable with one of the opposite guide segments, and a double-acting piston... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6338379 | Sliding chain-type ingot mold for a continuous casting plant An improved sliding chain-type ingot mold for a continuous casting plant, including two pairs of chains arranged in a closed ring system and configured to rotate in opposite directions, each pair including at least one of molding elements and shell-type e... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6328093 | Strand guiding segment for slab casting plants A strand guiding segment for slab casting plants with a guiding width for the cast strand is adjustable between guide rollers of a frame on a fixed side and a frame on a detachable side, wherein the frames interact with adjusting units for overcoming the ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6308769 | Continuous casting plant for casting slabs with a continuous casting mold and a strand guiding unit composed of rollers A continuous casting plant suitable for casting steel slabs, wherein the partially solidified strand composed of a strand shell and a partially liquid core is guided after emerging from the mold during the further solidification between the rollers of a s... | 10/30/2001 |
