F. L. Smidth & Co.

Erik C Christensen

Knud T Andersen

A vertical roller mill includes a grinding table positioned for rotation around a vertical axis and two upright grinding rollers resting on their peripheral grinding surfaces on the grinding table for grinding material thereon. Each of the grinding rollers is rotatably mounted on a respective fixed horizontal shaft connected at one end to a common, central frame and at the other end to a draw bar. Preferably, the draw bar is regulated by a hydraulic cylinder secured in a bracket which is anchored in the mill foundation.

Vertical roller mill

An apparatus and a method is disclosed for removal of a cardanically supported slide shoe of a slide shoe bearing which supports a rotary tube mill disposed within a slide ring. The apparatus includes two horizontal track joists supported on upright members and oriented parallel to the axis of rotation of the mill. Each track joist supports an end of the slide shoe which preferably has horizontal surfaces at its ends for cooperating with the track joists. The apparatus also includes a plurality of screw jacks disposed between each of the track joists and its respective upright support members. The screw jacks can be independently operated to raise the slide shoe free of its cardanic support, preferably a ball and socket-type of joint. A carriage means disposed between an end of the slide shoe and a respective track joist facilitates displacement of the slide shoe along the track joists.

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Erik C Christensen