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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1985
Hideo Kaneko, Kobe, JP;
Akira Murata, Kakogawa, JP;
Eiji Inoue, Motoyamaminami, JP;
Satoshi Satoh, Kobe, JP;
Shinji Shiraishi, Kurashiki, JP;
Shoichi Hiwasa, Kurashiki, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
Continuous casting facilities generally including a pair of moulds with a rail on each side thereof. Self-propelled tundish cars each carrying a tundish with a detachable immersion nozzle ride on the rails. The apparatus includes a truck running on the rail opposite the operator's side of the moulds connectable with one of the tundish cars and carrying an immersion nozzle exchanger. A connecting piece feeder, a powder feeder, and an immersion nozzle preheater are also mountable on the truck. Equipment interferences are eliminated by the specific structures and the operator's view of the moulds is not obstructed.