Title: Method of exchanging supporting or driving rollers in a continuous casting plant and apparatus for carrying out the method

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for exchanging rollers in a continuous casting plant for strands, which plant has opposite roller paths for guiding the strand, involves moving the rollers to be exchanged into or out of their bearing places in the roller paths and transporting them away from or to the bearing place, respectively, in the region between the roller paths in the longitudinal direction thereof. Advantageously, a sled with recesses is provided for delivering and removing the rollers.

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Inventors: Granitz, Fritz (Linz, OE)
Robiczek, Gunther (Traun, OE)
Jabkowski, Fridolin (Linz, OE)
Stoger, Franz (Linz, OE)

Application Number: 680199
Filing Date: 1976-04-26
Publication_date: 1977-03-22
Assignee: Vereinigte Osterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke-Alphine Montan (Linz, OE)
Primary Class(es): 29/426.2 29/402.08, 29/426.3, 72/239, 164/448
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US Patent Ref:

3527286	Sep, 1970	Meitz	164/282.
3735848	May, 1973	Bode et al.	164/282.
3763923	Oct, 1973	Gallucci	72/239.
3783934	Jan, 1974	Golde et al.	164/282.
3841389	Oct, 1974	Anderton et al.	164/282.
3889344	Jun, 1975	Bode et al.	29/200.

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Primary Examiner: Larson, Lowell A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond