Rotary casting wheel for metal ingots

Abstract

The rotary casting wheel for metal ingots is related to the casting industry, including the continuous casting of metal ingots. The rotary casting wheel consists of several ingot molds mounted around a central axis on a movable chassis. After the molten metal is poured, the molds are cooled by a fan, and then further cooled completely by a water tank after traveling a certain distance. The molds rotate around the central axis and enter the guide rail. Upon reaching the highest point of the guide rail, the ingots are discharged from the molds due to their weight. The empty molds then return via the guide rail to their initial position. The distributor works in such a way that the distributor's molten metal transfer pipes move rotationally inside the empty ingot molds with the help of the mold walls. Depending on the speed of the ingot molds and the amount of molten metal supplied by the distributor, the molds are filled with molten material. The overall movement of the rotary casting wheel is driven by a gearbox and motor, which are installed on the designated gearbox and motor mount. This system rotates the movable chassis counterclockwise around its axis.

Description

Rotary Casting Wheel for Metal Ingots

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[0002] This invention relates to the field of casting, in particular to the continuous casting of metal ingots.

Claims

The rotary casting wheel for pouring various molten metals into ingot molds consists of:A fixed chassis (6), which rotates the movable chassis on itself (6) via bearings (5). The fixed chassis comprises:Anouter circular metal ring (22), mounted underneath on both sides onto the outer ring base of the fixed chassis (23), and connected to the inner ring of the fixed chassis (21) through the inner–outer ring connector of the fixed chassis (24).Aninner circular metal ring (21), mounted underneath on both sides onto the inner ring base of the fixed chassis (25).Agearbox and motor mount (26), connected on both sides to the inner ring base of the fixed chassis (25) through horizontal connections (27). A gearbox and motor (13) are installed on it to generate the rotary motion required to drive the movable chassis.Severalguide rail supports (8), connected on one side to the outer ring (22) and on the other side to the guide rail (9).Aningot mold guide rail (9), inclined upward from the entry point of the ingot mold bearings (28) at an angle of approximately 5–15 degrees. After reaching the highest point of the ingot mold guide rail (30), it continues symmetrically downward along the ingot mold bearings (3) to the exit point of the ingot mold bearings (29).Adistributor chassis holder (18), mounted on the outer ring of the fixed chassis (22).A movable chassis (7), which is connected underneath to several bearings (5), comprising:Anouter circular metal ring (31), connected internally to the inner ring (32) via the inner–outer ring connector of the movable chassis (33).Aninner circular metal ring (32), connected via fasteners (34) to the central movable plate (35).Acentral movable plate (35), fixed on the main shaft of the gearbox and motor (36) to transmit rotary force to the movable chassis (7).Severalingot molds (3), connected on one side to the outer ring of the movable chassis (31) via a hinge (4) and hinge retaining screw (15), while resting freely on the inner ring of the movable chassis (32) on the other side.A molten metal distributor (10), equipped with several molten metal transfer pipes (16). These are supported by the distributor chassis holder (18) and distributor bearing (17) on the fixed chassis (6), transferring molten metal into the ingot molds (3).The rotary casting wheel according to Claim 1, wherein molten metal transfer into the ingot molds (31) begins via the molten metal guide pipe (11) from the melting furnace (12), and after entering the molten metal distributor (10), is directed through distributor transfer pipes (16) into each ingot mold (3).The rotary casting wheel according to Claim 1, wherein the ingot molds (3) may be rectangular in shape.The rotary casting wheel according to Claim 1, further comprises a melting furnace (12), a water tank (1), and a cooling fan (14).The rotary casting wheel according to Claim 4, wherein in the melting furnace, metals are liquefied and connected via the molten metal guide pipe (11) to the molten metal distributor (10).The rotary casting wheel according to Claim 4, wherein the furnace temperature varies depending on the type of metal being melted.The rotary casting wheel according to Claim 4, wherein the cooling liquid in the water tank is water, which is poured through a water transfer pipe (37) onto the hot ingot molds (3) to cool them.The rotary casting wheel according to Claim 4, wherein the cooling fan transfers an airflow onto the semi-solid ingots, reducing their temperature.

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