Sms Group Gmbh

Sebastian Boecking

Guido Fick

A clamping system for fastening a cooling unit on a circulating supporting element of a caterpillar-type casting machine includes at least one connecting element, which is pre-tensioned in its longitudinal direction by a spring, and a clamping arrangement, by which the cooling unit is fastenable on the supporting element. The connecting element is accommodated in a displaceably mounted manner in the direction of its longitudinal axis inside the supporting element. The clamping arrangement is formed by a head on an upper end face of the connecting element and a recess, which is provided on/in the cooling unit and is brought into interaction therewith. The connecting element is pre-tensioned by the spring toward the supporting element and is transferred into a clamping position, in which the cooling unit, when the head of the connecting element engages with the recess provided on/in the cooling unit, is automatically clamped with the supporting element.

Clamping system for fastening a cooling unit to an encircling supporting element of a caterpillar-type casting machine, and method for fastening/releasing a cooling unit to/from an encircling supporting element of a caterpillar-type casting machine

The invention relates to a transport device (), in particular for transporting cooling blocks () in a caterpillar casting machine, comprising a guide rail (), which forms an endless circulating track (U) for a caterpillar casting machine (), and a support element () having a plurality of rollers (), by means of which the support element () is guided on the guide rail () and rolls along same, wherein a cooling block () of a caterpillar casting machine () can be placed on the support element (). The guide rail () has a first running surface () and a second running surface (), wherein the running surfaces () are provided on opposite sides of the guide rail (). The support element () has at least three rollers (), of which two rollers () are in rolling contact with the first running surface () of the guide rail (), and at least one further roller () is in rolling contact with the second running surface () of the guide rail (), wherein at least one roller () is preloaded towards the guide rail ().

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Sebastian Boecking