Patent ID: 6321827
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
A supporting roll framework for continuous metal casting installations, which is divided into segments, comprising: roll carriers for each segment, a plurality of rolls being assembled on each roll carrier, respective pairs of the roll carriers being designed as a flexurally rigid frame element in a welded construction for parallel sides of a metal strand, the rolls being mounted on both sides in bearings having housings which are connected to the roll carrier, both frame elements having a protruding extension at each end, one side element being respectively arranged on each of the frame elements between the protruding extensions of both frame elements, the side element being pressed in and releasably connected to the two frame elements by expansion bolts, the side elements having smooth, planar inner surfaces, both frame elements being provided with carriers which extend in a running direction of the strand and to which the corresponding bearing housing is releasably attached, a cooling medium supply and discharge being integrated in the frame element, and the bearing housing being connected to the cooling medium supply or discharge via the carrier, the frame element having at least two pipes which lie parallel to and at a distance from one another transversely with respect to the running direction of the strand, a web plate being welded between the pipes, and a holding plate is attached to a respectively outer lateral surface of outer of the pipes so as to be directed toward the strand, the carrier which carries the rolls being welded in between the holding plates, the pipes being configured to function as the cooling medium supply and discharge and having a connection stub on an outer lateral surface.