CHARLES C GERDING
Engineers in Cleveland, OH
License number
Pennsylvania PE003946E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
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Cleveland, OH 44141
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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Continuous Strip Casting Mold Formed Of Plate Elements
US Patent:
5730206, Mar 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan 16, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/784708
Inventors:
Charles C. Gerding - Brecksville OH
International Classification:
B22D 1106
US Classification:
164430
Abstract:
The machine has a vertically oriented open-topped mold cavity having downwardly moving containment surfaces that hold a pool of liquid metal. The cavity is wide at the top-center and tapers to the narrow thickness of the strip (34) being cast at the edges of the sides and at the bottom. The two wide sides of the cavity are each delineated by a matrix of contiguous plates (38) separated by narrow fissures, the surface of each plate being subdivided by narrow expansion joints. Each matrix is a many-facetted approximation of a doubly-curved surface, the dynamic changes in the shape of which being facilitated by small changes in the relative linear and angular orientation of the plates with each other as they proceed downwardly through the matrix. A plate supporting arrangement with arcuately grooved tracks precludes lateral shifting of the plates of a given column with respect to each other and provision is made for adjusting both the thickness and the width of the casting.
Continuous Casting Apparatus And Method
US Patent:
5137075, Aug 11, 1992
Filed:
Feb 21, 1991
Appl. No.:
7/659001
Inventors:
Charles C. Gerding - Brecksville OH
Assignee:
LTV Steel Company, Inc. - Cleveland OH
International Classification:
B22D 1106
US Classification:
164263
Abstract:
Apparatus for continuously casting strip material comprising a casting drum rotatable about a first axis, a pair of cheek members including portions slidably engageable with sides of the casting drum mounted for rotation about a second axis spaced from said first axis and a casting belt wrapped around a portion of the cheek members together defining a converging casting arc. The cheek members include peripheral surfaces engageable by marginal edges of the casting belt which maintain a variable casting gap between a casting surface on the belt and a casting surface on the drum. The eccentric mounting of the cheek members with respect to the casting drum cause the spacing between the belt and the drum to decrease as the end of the casting arc is reached. The cheek members each include tapered side surfaces which together with the casting drum define ear receiving recesses that increase in a radial direction as the end of the casting arc is approached. The ear receiving recesses thus defined permit a liquid metal pool to exist which is of considerably greater depth than the height of the ears cast by the machine.
Continuous Casting Mold Formed Of Plate Elements
US Patent:
5620045, Apr 15, 1997
Filed:
Apr 24, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/426708
Inventors:
Charles C. Gerding - Brecksville OH
International Classification:
B22D 1106
US Classification:
164430
Abstract:
The machine has a vertically oriented open-topped mold cavity with downwardly moving sides that contain a pool of liquid metal. The cavity is wide at the top-center and tapers to the narrow thickness of the strip being cast at the sides and bottom. The two wide sides of the cavity are each delineated by a matrix of contiguous plates seperated by narrow fissures. Each matrix is a many-facetted approximation of a doubly-curved surface, the dynamic changes in the shape of which being facilitated by small changes in the relative linear and angular orientation of the plates with each other as they proceed downwardly through the mold cavity.