Voest-alpine Industrieanlagenbau Gmbh

Primetals Technologies Austria Gmbh

Helmut Fitzel

Kurt Engel

Rudolf Scheidl

Josef Guttenbrunner

Reinhard Brandstetter

Klemens Hauser

Kurt Dittenberger

Karl M&ouml;rwald

Horst Furhofer

Horst F&uuml;rhofer

Joachim Hammerl

In a strand guide for a continuous casting plant comprising a plurality of strand supporting elements for supporting the strand, in particular support segments carrying supporting rollers, several support segments being fastened adjacent each other on a supporting framework designed in one piece in its longitudinal extension, each support segment is fastened to the supporting framework by a fixed bearing and a movable bearing spaced apart therefrom in the longitudinal extension of the strand guide, each support segment, by at least one bearing, is pivotally mounted to the supporting framework so as to be pivotable about an axis, the axis being oriented transversely with respect to the longitudinal extension of the strand guide and horizontally, as well as in a vertical plain passing through the longitudinal extension of the supporting framework and by at least one bearing is mounted so as to be adjustable with respect to the supporting framework in a direction toward the pivoting movement of the support segment. For simple adjustment of the correct position of the support segments, a measuring device for detecting the pivoting movement of the support segment, preferably a position sensor or an angle measuring device, is provided which, via a controller, is coupled with an adjusting device for adjusting the position of the support segment.

Billet-guiding system for a continuous casting plant

An adjustment device for adjusting the position of at least one strand supporting element (,) relative to a supporting stand (,) carrying at least one further strand supporting element (,), of a strand guide in a continuous casting plant comprises at least one hydraulic adjustment cylinder (,) contacting a strand supporting element (,) directly or indirectly on the one side and the supporting stand (,) carrying a further strand supporting element (,) on the other side, the movement of the strand supporting element (,) being detectable via a position sensor (,) and controllable by means of an automatic controller (,). In order to safely attain the high precision in positioning the strand supporting elements (,) sought for a strand guide at yet a minimum expenditure and a minimum susceptibility to failure, at least one directional control valve (,A,,B) capable of being switched via a three-level controller (,) is provided for actuating the hydraulic adjustment cylinder (,) FIG.,.

Adjusting device for setting the position of billet-support elements

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Ennsdorf, Austria

Helmut Fitzel