Vesuvius Group, S.a.

Vesuvius Crucible Company

Jean-Luc Renard

Mariano Collura

Damien Delsine

Vincent Boisdequin

Fabrice Sibiet

Calogero Lattuca

Luigi Borgosano

Xingqi Fan

A metal casting installation is provided that includes a robot configured for carrying out the operations of handing a new ladle shroud to a manipulator of the ladle located at the loading station, and coupling a driving device to the ladle slide gate each manipulator is fixed relative to the corresponding first or second ladle such as to move together with the corresponding first or second ladle between the loading station and the casting station.

Robotized ladle transportation device system with embedded manipulator

A metal casting installation is provided that includes a loading platform, a tundish, a first ladle and a second ladle, each of the first and second ladle has a floor provided with an opening, a collector nozzle and a ladle shroud. The installation also includes a ladle sliding gate configured for moving the collector nozzle and the ladle shroud between a sealed position, a casting position, and an unclogging position. A turret is provided for holding the first and second ladles, configured for moving and holding in place the first and second ladles between a loading station and a casting station over the tundish. A robot is also provided and configured for loading a new ladle shroud onto the ladle slide gate, and coupling a driving device to the ladle slide gate.

Robotized ladle turret system

A self-locking inner nozzle system locks an inner nozzle in operating position at an outlet of a metallurgic vessel for a time sufficient for a sealing material to set, said self-locking inner nozzle system comprising:

Self-locking inner nozzle system

One-piece inner nozzle and clamping device for holding such a nozzle

The present invention relates to a grooved refractory pouring tube for pouring a molten metal between an upper metallurgical vessel and a lower metallurgical vessel, a refractory assembly incorporating such a pouring tube, and a casting installation incorporating such an assembly. This refractory pouring tube forms a portion ( ) of a pouring channel and includes at least a first contact face ( ) capable of bearing against a second contact face ( ) of another refractory component ( ) forming an adjacent portion of the pouring channel and provided with an injection groove ( ) forming, in conjunction with the first contact face ( ), a fluid injection channel at least partially encircling the said channel, the said pouring tube ( ) being arranged to be displaced in a predefined trajectory along which the first contact face ( ) slides and remains in bearing contact against the second contact face ( ), whilst the portion ( ) of the pouring channel formed by the said pouring tube intercepts a determinate part ( ) of the injection groove.

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Saint-Symphorien, Belgium

Jean-Luc Renard