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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6941636 | Method for operating a casting-rolling plant A casting-rolling plant and a method of operating a casting-rolling plant are disclosed. At least one slab production line (40, 50) and at least one mill train (4) as well as at least one slab feeding device (20) that is independent of the slab ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6763877 | Method for the controlled tempering of a casting trough and a casting trough for carrying out the method A method and device for the controlled tempering of a casting trough integrated between a supply vessel for a molten metal (e.g., copper or a copper alloy), and at least one continuous casting mold. The trough walls and the trough floor of the casting trough are at ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6540011 | Method to control the axial position of slabs emerging from continuous casting and relative device Method and device to control the axial position of slabs emerging from continuous casting applied in rolling plants comprising at least a casting machine (11), a heating and/or temperature maintenance furnace (15) and a roughing and prefinishing (16) or f... | 04/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6363997 | Method and device for casting metal close to final dimensions A method and a device for the casting of rectangular billets from metal, in particular from steel, close to final dimensions, and for the subsequent inline rolling out of the billet, with a material supply vessel, via the outlet nozzle of which the liquid... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6192973 | Strip casting plant The cast steel strip must be supported, particularly after the casting device, to reduce stresses and mechanical deformations. A flexible support element, in particular, a chain with rolls, whose length can be changed by suitable adjustment devices, is ar... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5433265 | Billet guide frame A billet guide in continuous casting installations for producing slabs, in particular according to the continuous casting and rolling process, including rollers which are located across from one another in pairs can be adjusted to different billet thickne... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5086826 | Apparatus for the after-cooling and coiling of cast metal strips The cast metal strip is retained on both sides between supporting and conveying elements, the supporting and conveying elements comprising on one side a group of wire cables 6, 12, 18, 27 and on the other side either a similar group of wire cables 5, 24 o... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5060713 | Method of and apparatus for spraycasting The apparatus includes a spray chamber having a transport device for positioning a billet adjacent a nozzle for spraying a stream of molten metal onto the surface of the billet. The billet is engaged by a tandem arrangement of holding devices which are at... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4889178 | Withdrawal and discharge device for a vertical continuous casting machine Withdrawal and discharge device for a vertical continuous casting machine (10) which produces blooms within a field of weights ranging from one to at least twenty units of weight and with variations in speed of a support carriage (16) or foot with a field... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4693297 | Installation for the step by step vertical extraction of a continuous cast product The present invention relates to an installation for the step by step extraction from an ingot-mould of an elongated solid product (1) obtained by continuous bottom casting, shaping, calibration and solidification in a suitable chamber (2), the installati... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4567934 | Cooling mechanism for use in continuous metal casting At least two exhaust holes are formed in an atomizing nozzle of an apparatus for spraying an air-water mist for cooling which is used in continuous metal casting. The respective spraying mist streams from the exhaust holes cross each other before they rea... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4537241 | Metal supporting structure for continuous casting machines A metal supporting structure is disposed just beneath the mold of a continuous casting machine for supporting and cooling hot metal coming down from the mold. The structure comprises a backing frame which is disposed just beneath the mold of the continuou... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4527411 | Process for producing walking bar members for continuous casting A process for manufacturing a walking bar member for continuous casting from an elongated tubular metal blank by heating the blank at a temperature of 550° to 1250° C., subjecting the heated blank to plastic working which achieves a working ratio of up ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4495000 | Device for cutting a strip cast in a continuous casting machine A device for cutting a continuously cast strip conveyed on a roller bed includes a cutting machine having at least one flame cutting unit. A control unit controls the transverse movement of the flame cutting units in such a way that the flame cutting unit... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4480976 | Adjustable sliding mold for continuous casting installations Disclosed is an adjustable sliding mold assembled of two angular mold pieces slidably engaging each other at two mating surfaces. Adjusting means, preferably in the form of a spindle, is hinged to an outer side of a mold part to move the same transversely... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4438802 | Continuous casting withdrawal apparatus An apparatus for withdrawing a metal casting from the mould of a continuous metal casting plant comprises a movable housing and cooled shoes disposed along the perimeter of the casting. Each shoe is provided with two pairs of wedges disposed between the s... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4335780 | Continuous casting plant The guiding section of a continuous casting plant comprises walking beams extending transversely to the longitudinal center plane of the path for the continuous casting. The beams are arranged in pairs of registering beams disposed on opposite sides of th... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4139135 | Continuous casting withdrawal apparatus The withdrawal apparatus comprises a housing through which a cast ingot passes, said housing being mounted for reciprocating movement and for travelling in the direction along which the cast ingot is withdrawn and then back to its initial position. Mounte... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4106549 | Arrangement for transporting away strand pieces An arrangement for transporting away strand pieces, in particular crop ends cut off in continuous casting plants with a cutting means has a conveying roller path following the cutting device a cut strand discharge apparatus comprised of a plurality of arm... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4091862 | Guiding device for continuously cast metal strands and the like An apparatus is disclosed comprising a strand guide formed by guide plates which are supported and cooled by hydrostatic support elements. The support elements each include a cylinder and a piston which is stressed against the guide plate by pressure flui... | 05/30/1978 |
| 3981350 | Apparatus for supporting and cooling a continuously cast product Continuously cast metal, such as steel, ingots are supported and cooled while being displaced along a path on a panel comprised of alternating support bars and cooling fluid spray banks extending parallel to each other transversely to the path of displace... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3934641 | Cooling arrangement for continuously cast metal objects A mixture of water and air atomizing the water is directed toward the externally solidified metal strand discharged from the mold of a continuous casting machine from an elongated header in which air and water are separately fed at elevated pressures to l... | 01/27/1976 |
