Patent ID: 6736189
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A guide segment having rollers for a continuous casting installation, wherein at least some of the rollers comprise:first and second axially aligned outer roller bodies each of which is mounted with inner and outer end roller pivots in inner and outer bearings, each of said inner bearings being a movable bearing configured as a cageless heavy duty bearing, each of said outer bearings being a fixed bearing, at least one middle roller body disposed between and axially aligned with said first and second outer roller bodies, said middle roller body being mounted with end roller pivots in movable bearings on both sides of said middle roller body, said movable bearings of said middle roller body being configured as cageless heavy duty bearings to permit free axial movement of said middle roller body, and stops for limiting the free axial movement of said middle roller body disposed between the inner end roller pivots of said outer roller bodies and the end roller pivots of said middle roller body.