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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Hans-wilhelm Schöck, Duisburg, DE;
Guido Kleinschmidt, Moers, DE;
Lars Meier, Duisburg, DE;
SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a change converter unit of an oxygen steel-making plant, in which, for the change process, a worn converter, including the entire converter unit, made up of not only the converter, but also the converter carriage, carrier ring, tilting drive, bottom flushing device and, if present, a carrier ring cooling device, is moved out of the steel-making stand into an empty delivery and waiting stand for repair, and, at the same time, a further structurally identical complete converter unit, made up of a repaired, ready-to-use converter, is moved from a further delivery and waiting stand into the steel-making stand.