Spherical roller bearings
Working close to the melting pot
Today molten steel is continuously cast to slabs, billets or blooms which are then rolled to plate, rods, rails etc. The molten steel is poured in at one end of the machine, and the semi-finished product comes out the other.Apart from being a fascinating machine, it is a very demanding environment for the machine components, not least for the bearings.
The principle of a slab caster is shown in figure 1.
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