Slewing tower for ladles

Details

Inventors: Hoffmann, Rudolf; Zajber, Adolf G.; Hansen, Herbert; Dr/u/ ppel, Johannes;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Envall, Jr.; Roy N.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Schwartz, Jeffery, Schwaab, Mack, Blumenthal & Koch

To avoid loss of temperature of a melt contained in casting ladles in a continuous casting operation, an independently rotatable platform adapted to receive a heating device is disposed on a slewing column of a slewing tower for ladles. The heating device is similar to that of an arc melting furnace and comprises a vertically adjustable electrode holder of outrigger configuration whose guide column is arranged eccentrically on the platform so that a current carrying cable can be installed to extend centrally through the platform and through the slewing column. The cables are secured by a clamping plate at a perpendicular distance from the platform, such that the electrode holder, as seen from the casting position, can pivot in both pivoting directions through approximately 180.degree., without the cable tearing as a result of twisting.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A slewing tower for casting ladles filled with molten metal, comprising: a stationary slewing column; at least one support arm pivotally mounted on said column and adapted to receive a casting ladle and pivot it to a casting position; a platform rotatably mounted on said column above said support arm; drive means for rotating said platform with respect to said column; a heating means disposed eccentrically on said platform and operable for heating molten metal in a casting ladle received by said support arm; flexible conduits for supplying energy to said heating device, said conduits extending from said heating means freely through said platform and said column to thereby enable twisting of said conduits during rotation of said platform and said eccentrically disposed heating means.
2.
A slewing tower according to claim 1, further including a clamping plate, said flexible conduits being connected to said clamping plate which is disposed a distance from said platform, such that twisting of said conduits permits pivoting of said heating means in either direction with respect to the casting position, through approximately 180.
degree.
of rotation.
3.
The slewing tower according to claim 1, wherein said heating means comprises a perpendicular guide pillar and a vertically adjustable outrigger guided by said guide pillar, said outrigger having clamping means for clamping at least two electrodes which are operable to be lowered into a casting ladle, said flexible conduits comprising current carrying cables which pass over said outrigger and freely through said rotatable platform and into said slewing column to a clamping plate which is disposed at a distance from said platform whereby said cables are free to twist to thereby permit pivoting of said outrigger in either direction, with respect to the casting position, through approximately 180.
degree.
of rotation.
4.
The slewing tower according to claim 1, further comprising two independently pivotable support arms having hubs disposed in a superjacent configuration

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