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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfredo Poloni, Fogliano Redipuglia, IT;
Massimo Maurizio, Trieste, IT;
Michele Meret, Rivignano, IT;
Assignee:
Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche S.p.A., Buttrio, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 1/1128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 1/1128 ;
Abstract
In a continuous-casting plant, the segments of the guide for the casting bar are replaced rapidly, at least in part, using a two-station system, at least one of which stations being mobile, so as to be able to align head on a platform provided with means for hooking and extracting the said guide with the structure containing the guide itself. Once this alignment is obtained, the guide is displaced from one station to the other, its segments are replaced, and the guide is brought back into the original position.