A converter includes a container and a supporting ring. A suspension device for the converter has a central structure fixed to the container. A first lateral structure is arranged at a first side of the central structure and fixed to a surface of the supporting ring. A second lateral structure is oppositely arranged. First and second sliding blocks are respectively connected with the first and second lateral structure. A first contact body is connected with the central structure by a first threaded bolt which engages a threaded hole in the central structure and a threaded hole in the first contact body. A second contact body is connected with the central structure by a second threaded bolt which engages a threaded hole in the central structure and a threaded hole in the second contact body. A distance element is arranged between the central structure and the first and/or second contact body.

A suspension device (8) for a converter, comprising a central structure (8′), adapted to be fixed to a container (2) of the converter (1), a first lateral structure (29), arranged at a first side of the central structure and adapted to be fixed to a first surface (10, 11) of a supporting ring (3) of the container, a second lateral structure (28), arranged at a second side of said central structure and adapted to be fixed to the surface (10, 11), wherein two wedge-shaped elements (15, 15′) are provided, each element being provided between the central structure and a respective lateral structure and configured so as to slide on sliding surfaces (23, 24, 24′) connected respectively to the central structure and to the respective lateral structure, wherein each wedge-shaped element is crossed by at least one tie-rod (16, 16′) connected thereto, and wherein elastic means (17) are provided, which are associated to or intrinsic with said one tie-rod and configured to maintain a wedging of the wedge-shaped element.

A method for operating a converter and a support device for the converter. The converter is rotatably or tiltably mounted and rotatably coupled in a transmission via support pins in the support device. The transmission is supported permanently on a base via a torque support. In order to reduce costs for a corresponding support device and, simultaneously, so as to be able to better control the torque exerted by the converter on the transmission, the time-variable actual torque M.sub.Ist exerted by the converter on the transmission is controlled to a predefined target torque M.sub.Soll.

The invention relates to the subject area of metallurgical systems, in particular a metallurgical vessel which is fixed on a support ring. The object of the invention is to provide a metallurgical vessel having a support ring and a method for fixing and releasing, which prevents constraint forces. The tiltable metallurgical vessel having a round cross-section is at least partially surrounded by a support ring. The support ring is at a distance from the metallurgical vessel in the radial direction. The metallurgical vessel has at least three brackets, each having a respective pin. The support ring has at least three receiving openings which receive the pins. These receiving openings permit a shifting of the pin in the radial direction. The pins are secured against falling out of the receiving opening and the bracket by at least three locking devices floatingly mounted and arranged inside the support ring.

A converter includes a container and a supporting ring. A suspension device for the converter has a central structure fixed to the container. A first lateral structure is arranged at a first side of the central structure and fixed to a surface of the supporting ring. A second lateral structure is oppositely arranged. First and second sliding blocks are respectively connected with the first and second lateral structure. A first contact body is connected with the central structure by a first threaded bolt which engages a threaded hole in the central structure and a threaded hole in the first contact body. A second contact body is connected with the central structure by a second threaded bolt which engages a threaded hole in the central structure and a threaded hole in the second contact body. A distance element is arranged between the central structure and the first and/or second contact body.

A method for operating a converter and a support device for the converter. The converter is rotatably or tiltably mounted and rotatably coupled in a transmission via support pins in the support device. The transmission is supported permanently on a base via a torque support. In order to reduce costs for a corresponding support device and, simultaneously, so as to be able to better control the torque exerted by the converter on the transmission, the time-variable actual torque M.sub.Ist exerted by the converter on the transmission is controlled to a predefined target torque M.sub.soil.

A carrier for supporting a metallurgical vessel during a cleaning process of the vessel includes a base, a pallet, and a cradle. The base has a longitudinal axis along a length of the base. The pallet is coupled to the base between (i) a first position where a longitudinal axis of the pallet is at a first angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the base, and (ii) a second position where the longitudinal axis of the pallet is at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the base, the second angle greater than the first angle. The cradle is disposed at the pallet and supports the vessel when positioned at the carrier for the cleaning process. Pivoting the pallet between the first position and the second position adjusts an angle of the longitudinal axis of the vessel relative to the longitudinal axis of the base.

The invention relates to the subject area of metallurgical systems, in particular a metallurgical vessel which is fixed on a support ring. The object of the invention is to provide a metallurgical vessel having a support ring and a method for fixing and releasing, which prevents constraint forces. The tiltable metallurgical vessel having a round cross-section is at least partially surrounded by a support ring. The support ring is at a distance from the metallurgical vessel in the radial direction. The metallurgical vessel has at least three brackets, each having a respective pin. The support ring has at least three receiving openings which receive the pins. These receiving openings permit a shifting of the pin in the radial direction. The pins are secured against falling out of the receiving opening and the bracket by at least three locking devices floatingly mounted and arranged inside the support ring.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive hanging structure of a converter, including vertical connecting rod mechanisms connecting the lower edge of a backing ring body and a lower half converter body of the converter, and horizontal connecting rod mechanisms connecting the upper edge of the backing ring body and an upper half converter body of the converter; the horizontal connecting rod mechanisms are located above the vertical connecting rod mechanisms, the plane where the axis of a trunnion on the backing ring body and the axis of the backing ring body are located serves as the first reference plane, the symmetric center of each vertical connecting rod mechanisms is located in the radiation area of the first included angle, the two planes forming the first included angle coincide with the axis of the backing ring body, and the included angles being 15 degrees and 50 degrees are formed between the two planes and the first reference plane respectively. The invention makes the converter tilting without abnormal noise and running stably, which not only eliminates the super-static over-constraining problem, but also facilitates the converter suspension connecting rod mechanism to adapt to the working conditions, improves the service life of the hanging mechanism, makes the equipment long-term maintenance-free, realizes the main parts interchanging of the connecting rod mechanism, reduces equipment spare parts and equipment maintenance workload.

A tilting converter comprising a container (2), defining a first longitudinal axis X, having a bottom (2); a support ring (3), coaxial to the container (2) and distanced from said container, provided with two diametrically opposite supporting pins (6), defining a second axis Y orthogonal to the first axis X, adapted to allow a rotation of the converter about said second axis Y; a suspension system, connecting said container (2) to said support ring (3), comprising groups (12) of first suspension devices (7), said groups (12) being arranged substantially equidistant to each other along a cylindrical side surface coaxial to the first axis X, in a position between the support ring (3) and the bottom (2); each of said first suspension devices (7) being provided with a plurality of longitudinal elastic elements, each longitudinal elastic element being arranged alongside the next so as to define a laying plane, and a gap (15, 15) is provided between one longitudinal elastic element and the next.