Pennsylvania Engineering Corporation

John W Mrozek

Howard M Fisher

Rashed N Nagati

Bernd G Albers

A hot metal mixer has an elongate hollow vessel mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis adjacent each end on a cradle, each of which is supported on pairs of parallel trucks disposed on separate sets of rails. Each cradle extends transversely between the trucks of each pair and is coupled to one truck by a spherical bearing and to the other by spherical and roller bearings to permit thermal expansion and contraction, slight track misalignment and travel around curves. A pair of spouts for receiving or pouring metal are disposed in the upper side portion of the vessel and in spaced relation from the top center.

Mobile hot metal mixer

A converter vessel bottom handling device having a frame adapted to be supported on a car and which in turn supports a bilaterally movable support table. Four double acting hydraulic lift cylinders are mounted on the support table for vertically moving a lift table upon which is mounted a tilt table adapted to engage and support a converter vessel bottom. A first and second plurality of hydraulic cylinders are coupled to the tilt table for tilting the same relative to the horizontal plane and for rotating said table about a central vertical axis. A set of lugs affixed to the tilt table are provided to be keyed to mating lugs on the vessel bottom for exerting a downward breakaway force on the vessel bottom through the use of the lift cylinders when removal of the bottom becomes necessary. In an alternate embodiment, a plurality of jacks are provided on the vessel bottom for exerting a breakaway force between the vessel and vessel bottom assembly.

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New Castle, PA, United States of America

John W Mrozek