Sms Group Gmbh

Christian Osterloh

Andreas Runge

Reiner Stammberger

Malte Braam

Jörg Hertel

William Todd Zeisler

Steffen Krausa

Benjamin Wallmeroth

Tim Kleier

Daniel Beckers

Jürgen Unterloh

A method for operating a converter and a support device for the converter. The converter is rotatably or tiltably mounted and rotatably coupled in a transmission via support pins in the support device. The transmission is supported permanently on a base via a torque support. In order to reduce costs for a corresponding support device and, simultaneously, so as to be able to better control the torque exerted by the converter on the transmission, the time-variable actual torque Mexerted by the converter on the transmission is controlled to a predefined target torque M.

Converter torque support

A converter includes a container and a supporting ring. A suspension device for the converter has a central structure fixed to the container. A first lateral structure is arranged at a first side of the central structure and fixed to a surface of the supporting ring. A second lateral structure is oppositely arranged. First and second sliding blocks are respectively connected with the first and second lateral structure. A first contact body is connected with the central structure by a first threaded bolt which engages a threaded hole in the central structure and a threaded hole in the first contact body. A second contact body is connected with the central structure by a second threaded bolt which engages a threaded hole in the central structure and a threaded hole in the second contact body. A distance element is arranged between the central structure and the first and/or second contact body.

Suspension device for a converter

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Ascheberg, Germany

Christian Osterloh