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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
May. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas J Korpela, Forest Hill, MD (US);
Assignee:
Voest-Alpine Services and Technologies Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ; B22D / ; B22D / ; B22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164454 ; 164442 ; 164484 ; 1641545 ;
Abstract
In a continuous casting system, there is provided an apparatus and a method for controlling the forces exerted by the foot rollers on the continuous casting slab. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the apparatus includes a hinged foot roller assembly and a hydraulic cylinder for moving the assembly toward and away from the slab. A linear variable differential transformer signals the cylinder to move the assembly relative to the slab such contact between the foot rollers and the slab edge is maintained at a selected contact force.