NON-ROTATING, LEVITATING, CYLINDRICAL AIR-PILLOW APPARATUS FOR STEERING AND GUIDING AN ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CASTING BELT INTO THE ENTRANCE OF A CONTINUOUS METAL-CASTING MACHINE

An apparatus for guiding a moving, flexible, tensed casting belt (30) on a continuous metal casting machine (20) along a substantially oval path. The continuous metal casting machine (20) having an entrance-end (22), an exit-end and a moving-mold casting region (M) extending from the entrance-end (2...

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Main Authors HAZELETT, R. WILLIAM, WOOD, J.F. BARRY
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 25.04.2007
Subjects
CASTING
CASTING OF METALS
CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An apparatus for guiding a moving, flexible, tensed casting belt (30) on a continuous metal casting machine (20) along a substantially oval path. The continuous metal casting machine (20) having an entrance-end (22), an exit-end and a moving-mold casting region (M) extending from the entrance-end (22) to the exit-end. The apparatus includes a non-rotating fluid pillow structure (44) at the entrance end (22) of the machine (20). The fluid pillow structure (44) supports the mold-width of the casting belt (30). The apparatus includes two narrow shoulder-pulleys (50) at the entrance end (22) of the casting machine (20) which are adjacent to opposite sides of the entrance-end fluid-pillow structure (44). Each pulley (50) supports a portion of the belt (30) outside of the moving-mold casting region (M). Each pulley (50) guides the belt around the fluid-pillow structure (44) as the belt (30) revolves along its substantially oval path. The apparatus also facilitates the sealing, controlled-venting and recovery of pressurized fluids used to levitate the belt (30) about a fluid-pillow structure.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20060255077