Sms Group Gmbh

Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft

Jörg Hertel

Lutz Rose

Christoph Sundermann

Rolf Best

Stephan Schulze

Andreas Runge

Wolfgang Igelhorst

Malte Braam

Christian Osterloh

Christian Imiela

Reiner Stammberger

Benjamin Wallmeroth

Uwe Thiedemann

Tim Kleier

Daniel Beckers

Jürgen Unterloh

Stephan Six

A method for operating a converter and a support device for the converter. The converter is rotatably or tiltably mounted and rotatably coupled in a transmission via support pins in the support device. The transmission is supported permanently on a base via a torque support. In order to reduce costs for a corresponding support device and, simultaneously, so as to be able to better control the torque exerted by the converter on the transmission, the time-variable actual torque Mexerted by the converter on the transmission is controlled to a predefined target torque M.

Converter torque support

A torque support for a converter tilting drive mounted on a shaft journal. The supports are provided on the gear housing that accommodates the shaft journal to be driven. The supports support the gear housing on the structure carrying the converter. To this end, the supports are embodied in each case as dual action hydraulic piston-cylinder units that are independently anchored on the structure in an articulated manner.

Torque support for a converter tilting drive

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Hilchenbach, Germany

Jörg Hertel