Voest-alpine Industrieanlagenbau Gmbh

Gerhard Losbichler

Bernhard Enkner

Rupert Berger

Rudolf Gruber

A tiltable converter arrangement is disclosed in which a converter vessel is supported by a carrying ring surrounding and spaced from the converter. The carrying ring includes two diametrically oppositely arranged carrying trunnions. The converter is supported within the carrying ring by a plurality of guide rods, the converter being movable in the upright position. Each of the guide rods is designed as a pendulum rod each have a first end and a second end in which the first end is connected to the carrying ring by means of a spherical bearing and the second end connected to the converter vessel also by means of a spherical bearing, such as to provide an articulate universal joint between the carrying ring and the converter vessel.

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St. Marien, Austria

Gerhard Losbichler