TEEMING LADLE CAR Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: ferrous metallurgy, equipment of steel making plants. SUBSTANCE: teeming ladle car has force-measuring transducers, platform with position for steel casting ladle resting with the aid of shock absorbers against balances of carriages interjoined in pairs by means of lateral beam which carries translation mechanism. For uniform distribution of load on force-measuring transducers lateral beam is made fast on one side to internal wall of balance of carriage and is installed on the other side in hole made in wall of opposite balance. For increased accuracy of measurement carriages are fitted with carrier hinged on one side to balance and located on the other side on spherical bearing set in bracket made fast to lower belt of platform. Force-measuring transducers are mounted inside rests made in the form of cylinders that split along longitudinal axis and put on balances. EFFECT: enhanced functional reliability and stability of teeming ladle car. 5 dwg