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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2007
Christian Imiela, Duesseldorf, DE;
Stephan Schulze, Ratingen, DE;
Stephan Six, Emdtebrueck, DE;
Christoph Sundermann, Hilchenbach, DE;
Joerg Hertel, Hilchenbach, DE;
Rolf Best, Gladbeck, DE;
Christian Imiela, Duesseldorf, DE;
Stephan Schulze, Ratingen, DE;
Stephan Six, Emdtebrueck, DE;
Christoph Sundermann, Hilchenbach, DE;
Joerg Hertel, Hilchenbach, DE;
Rolf Best, Gladbeck, DE;
SMSDEMAG Aktiengesellschaft, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
In a method for operating a converter (), in which the converter () is mounted in a carrying ring () by means of carrying journals (), a gear mechanism () is mounted in a floating manner on the carrying journals (), the converter () is configured, as a result, such that it can tilt about its horizontal axis and the gear mechanism () is connected rigidly to a pedestal () by a torque support (), the torque support () connects the gear mechanism () to the pedestal () during the tilting operation of the converter (), and the torque support () is released from the pedestal () or from the gear mechanism () or from both during operation of the converter ().