Patent ID: 9186721
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B22D

Abstract:
1. A device for supporting and oscillating continuous casting moulds in continuous casting plants, said device comprising at least one support suitable to support a continuous casting mould said support comprising a fixed assembly restrained to a frame of the device and a movable assembly that is slidably restrained to said fixed assembly in a vertical direction (A) and connected to a servomechanism suitable to move it in a reciprocating manner relative to the fixed assembly along said vertical direction (A), said movable assembly comprising a plurality of channels suitable to allow a flow of a cooling fluid to and from a cooling circuit of said mould, said channels being supplied by supply pipes arranged along the vertical direction (A), further comprising at least one connecting pipe suitable to allow to connect a supply pipe, said at least one connecting pipe having a T shape and comprising a first duct rigidly connected to the movable assembly in a horizontal direction (B), as well as a second and a third duct extending from said first duct in opposite ways along the vertical direction (A), said second and third ducts being respectively connected to first and second end portions of the fixed assembly through further axially deformable ducts and being respectively a blind duct and a flow-through duct suitable to allow the cooling fluid to flow towards the first and the second ducts, wherein the second and third ducts of the at least one connecting pipe of said supporting and oscillating device have the same diameter as the supply pipes.