The invention belongs to the technical field of metallurgy and relates to a self-adaptive hanging structure of a converter.
The suspension system is one of the key components of the converter. In practice, the support of the furnace body is achieved by positioning the backing ring in the suspension system outside the furnace body through different types of suspension structure. During operation, the tilting moment is applied to the trunnion of the backing ring, so that the moment is transferred from the backing ring to the furnace body. At the same time, the backing ring absorbs various stresses and morphological changes in the furnace body caused by temperature changes.
However, the technical difficulty of suspension support system under the converter is the horizontal support when the converter is in a non-vertical working attitude, especially the arrangement of the horizontal support structure in the connecting rod mechanism and converter operation, which has a direct impact on the equipment operation safety and operation quality (whether the converter tilting is smooth, there is no shock, vibration, wear and abnormal noise, and the safety of the converter equipment, etc.) when the converter tonnage is large, and the core technical idea of the horizontal support of the connecting rod mechanism is the number and the location of the connecting rod mechanisms on the converter equipment.
Theoretical analysis and practice prove that no matter what kind of hanging structure is used, during the tilting rotation of the converter, the huge braking inertia mechanical force caused by the forward and reverse rotation start and stop as well as the deformation of the equipment caused by the high thermal load make the “alternating misalignment displacement” between the furnace body and the backing ring body. This alternating misalignment displacement includes the “alternating misalignment” caused by the bending and twisting effect of the backing ring itself and the “alternating misalignment displacement” between the furnace body and the backing ring body due to the equipment structure, motion inertia and thermal expansion differences when the converter is tilted. Therefore, many hanging structures have certain adaptive deformation capacity to adapt to this alternating misalignment displacement.
In the patent ZL93117357.4 “Tilting converter”, several connecting rod mechanisms are set between the lower part of the backing ring and the converter body, there are two types of connecting rod mechanism: vertical connecting rod mechanism and horizontal connecting rod mechanism. There are three groups of horizontal connecting rod mechanisms. In addition to setting the pendulum 6 or static guide mechanism 7 in the lower middle part of the backing ring of the converter, a horizontal pendulum is set at the weak part of the horizontal support of each side of the trunnion in the lower part of the backing ring of the converter. Practice proves that setting one horizontal pendulum at each side of the trunnion is not suitable for large tonnage converter. When the converter is in the vertical working attitude with the furnace mouth facing upward, the main force is concentrated on the vertical connecting rod mechanism, and the vertical connecting rod mechanism can act adaptively. While when the converter is in the non-vertical working attitude, the main force is concentrated on the horizontal connecting rod mechanism, and the horizontal connecting rod mechanism can also act adaptively depending on the force applied. However, the finite element analysis and practice prove that in this kind of converter, under the two attitudes of upright and inverted converter, the horizontal connecting rod mechanism is subjected to the most obvious bending and torsional effect in the installation part near the backing ring of the trunnion. The alternating misalignment in this part rises obviously during the whole tilting and rotating process of the converter, and the alternating misalignment is close to 7 mm˜13 mm (the actual measurement data is up to 15 mm). Although the connecting rod mechanism itself can absorb part of the relative displacement through adaptive action, but because of the large amount of misalignment displacement and the misalignment displacement is the alternating misalignment impact displacement, the horizontal connecting rod mechanism difficultly absorb all the relative displacement, which not only affects the principle working condition of the horizontal connecting rod's diametrical rod applied by only the tensile pressure, but also the working life of the horizontal connecting rod mechanism. The practice proves that the horizontal support structure and its arrangement in this kind of tilting converter is the inherent defect in the design.
In the patent ZL201210291941.6 “Arrangement structure of a four-point connecting rod hanging device for a converter”, there are four vertical connecting rod mechanisms set between the lower edge of the backing ring and the converter shell body, and a blocking seat mechanism is set between the upper edge of the backing ring and the converter shell body. The vertical connecting rod mechanism in this patent also has adaptive deformation ability, but as long as the converter is equipped with the blocking seat mechanism, no matter the blocking seat mechanism is arranged in any position of the converter, there will be alternating elastic slip between the furnace shell blocking seat and the support seat of the backing ring, which cause friction and wear. Also, the gap between the furnace shell blocking seat and the support seat of the backing ring is caused, and there will be strong impact and abnormal noise when the converter is strongly inertial forward and reverse braking, which even cause the blocking seat to fall off due to impact and bring equipment and personal safety hazards to the operation of the converter. Therefore, it is necessary to regularly maintain and replace the wear parts of the blocking seat device, which is the fundamental problem and difficult to be solved. Although the patent pointed out that a replaceable wear pad is set between the furnace shell blocking seat and the support seat of the backing ring, a connector is needed between the wear pad and the blocking seat or support seat. In the high temperature, dust and spattering and other harsh smelting operating conditions, to remove the connector and replace the wear pad in the narrow space between the blocking seat and the support seat is very difficult, because the connector in the high temperature, dust and spattering environment will deform, bond and seize. In this case, the connector cannot be disassembled, and it can only be cut and then replaced, which increases the maintenance cost and repair time of the equipment.
In addition, whether it is the way of pendulum 6 or static guiding mechanism 7 used in the patent ZL93117357.4 “Tilting converter” or the way of setting the guiding seat used to limit the movement of the converter shell along the axial direction of the trunnion disclosed in patent ZL201210291941.6 “Arrangement structure of a four-point connecting rod hanging device for a converter”, the whole converter suspension support system not only become complex but also cause super static over constraint, which is not conducive to the self-adaptive working conditions of the converter suspension system, and will increase the equipment maintenance workload. In fact, the engineering application verification proves that it is not necessary.
In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a self-adaptive hanging structure of a converter that optimizes the number and the location of connecting rod mechanisms on the converter equipment, which adapts to the working conditions of large-tonnage converters, improves the service life of the hanging structure, and reduces the equipment maintenance cost of the hanging structure.
To achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solution:
A self-adaptive hanging structure of a converter includes 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.
Optionally, the center of symmetry of each vertical connecting rod mechanism is co-planar with the axis of the backing ring body.
Optionally, the horizontal connecting rod mechanism has a mounting position reference mark which is in the radiation area of the second included angle, the plane where the center of symmetry of the vertical connecting rod mechanism and the axis of the backing ring body are located serves as the second reference plane, the mounting position reference mark is in the radiation area of the second included angle, both planes forming the second included angle coincide with the axis of the backing ring body and form a included angle of −10 degree and 10 degree respectively with the second reference plane.
Optionally, the horizontal connecting rod mechanism includes a first connecting rod seat, a horizontal connecting rod and a second connecting rod seat; the first connecting rod seat sets on the upper half of the converter body, and the second connecting rod seat sets on the upper edge of the backing ring body; the horizontal connecting rod hinges to the first connecting rod seat and the second connecting rod seat respectively; the mounting position reference mark is on the horizontal connecting rod.
Optionally, the mounting position reference mark is at the center of the horizontal connecting rod.
Optionally, the mounting position reference mark is an identification hole set on the horizontal connecting rod.
Optionally, the vertical connecting rod mechanism comprises a third connecting rod seat, a vertical connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod seat: the third connecting rod seat sets on the lower half of the converter body, and the fourth connecting rod seat sets on the lower edge of the backing ring body: the third connecting rod seat and the fourth connecting rod seat are hinged to the vertical connecting rod respectively.
Optionally, the horizontal connecting rod in each horizontal connecting rod mechanism has the same shape and size as the vertical connecting rod in each vertical connecting rod mechanism.
Optionally, the first connecting rod seat and the second connecting rod seat are respectively rotatably connected to the horizontal connecting rod by means of a first joint bearing and a first articulated shaft, and the third connecting rod seat and the fourth connecting rod seat are respectively rotatably connected to the vertical connecting rod by means of a second joint bearing and a second articulated shaft; the first joint bearing and the second joint bearing have the same structure and size, and the first articulated shaft and the second articulated shaft have the same structure and size.
The beneficial effects in this invention is that in the actual work of the converter tilting, there is no abnormal noise with smooth running, the connecting rod mechanism does not need to adjust the work, which not only eliminates the problem of super static over constraint, but also facilitates the suspension connecting rod mechanism of the converter adaptive working conditions, thereby improving the service life of the hanging mechanism as well as the equipment long-term maintenance-free. The main parts of the horizontal and vertical connecting rod mechanism can be interchangeable, which reduces the variety of equipment spare parts and equipment maintenance workload.
Other advantages, objectives and features of the present invention will be illustrated in the following description to some extent, and will be apparent to those skilled in the art based on the following investigation and research to some extent, or can be taught from the practice of the present invention. The objectives and other advantages of the present invention can be realized and obtained through the following description.
To enable the purpose, the technical solution and the advantages of the present invention to be more clear, the present invention will be preferably described in detail below in combination with the drawings, wherein:
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Embodiments of the present invention are described below through specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can understand other advantages and effects of the present invention easily through the disclosure of the description. The present invention can also be implemented or applied through additional different specific embodiments. All details in the description can be modified or changed based on different perspectives and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It should be noted that the figures provided in the following embodiments only exemplarily explain the basic conception of the present invention, and if there is no conflict, the following embodiments and the features in the embodiments can be mutually combined.
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Here, the center of symmetry of the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 itself is essentially the center surface n. The horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 is correspondingly above the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3, namely, when the furnace body 1 is in the vertical attitude, the horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 is completely above the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 or at a position slightly above the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3.
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In some embodiments as shown in
In some embodiments, the horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 has mounting position reference mark 401 which is in the radiation area of the second included angle, and the plane where the center of symmetry of the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 itself and the axis of the backing ring body 21 are located is the second reference plane n. The mounting position reference mark 401 is in the radiation area of the second included angle, and both planes forming the second included angle are coincident with the axis of the backing ring body 21 and respectively form an included angle of −10° and 10° with the second reference plane n. That is, in
In this way, it can ensure that the horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 is above the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 and does not excessively deviate from the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3, which helps to ensure that each pair of horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 and vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 forms a reliable and adaptive two-point support structure.
In some embodiments, the horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 includes a first connecting rod seat 41, a horizontal connecting rod 42 and a second connecting rod seat 43, the first connecting rod seat 41 is set on the upper half of the furnace body 1, the second connecting rod seat 43 is set on the upper edge of the backing ring body 21, the horizontal connecting rod 42 is respectively hinged to the first connecting rod seat 41 and the second connecting rod seat 43, and the mounting position reference mark 401 is on the horizontal connecting rod 42. For example, as shown in
In some embodiments, the mounting position reference mark 401 is at the center of the horizontal connecting rod 42.
In some embodiments, as shown in
In some embodiments, the horizontal connecting rod 42 in each horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 and the vertical connecting rod 32 in each vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 have the same shape and size, making the horizontal connecting rod 42 and the vertical connecting rod 32 interchangeable, reducing the variety of parts, helping to reduce the cost of equipment spare parts, and making it easier to assemble. In some embodiments, the first connecting rod seat 41 and the second connecting rod seat 43 are rotatably connected to the horizontal connecting rod 42 via the first joint bearing 44 and the first articulated shaft 45 respectively, and the third connecting rod seat 31 and the fourth connecting rod seat 33 are rotatably connected to the vertical connecting rod 32 via the second joint bearing 34 and the second articulated shaft 35 respectively, the first joint bearing 44 and the second joint bearing 34 have the same structure and size, and the first articulation shaft 45 and the second articulation shaft 35 have the same structure and size. During assembly, the joint bearings and articulated shafts of the horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 and the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 structure can also be interchanged, reducing the types of parts, helping to further reduce the cost of equipment spare parts, and further improving the ease of assembly.
In some embodiments, as shown in
The beneficial effects of the present invention are:
(2) The pendulum 6 or static guide mechanism 7 in patent ZL93117357.4 and the guide seat used to limit the axial movement of the converter shell along the trunnion during tilting in patent ZL201210291941.6 are removed to simplify the horizontal support mechanism of the converter suspension, eliminating the problem of super static over constraint in the existing hanging structure, facilitating the self-adaptive working conditions of the converter suspension connecting rod mechanism and reducing the equipment maintenance workload.
(3) What's more, compared with the way of only setting the horizontal connecting rod mechanism under each trunnion to form the single-point support in patent ZL93117357.4, the adaptive hanging structure of the converter is more applicable to the working condition of large tonnage converter by using the paired horizontal connecting rod mechanism and vertical connecting rod mechanism to form the two-point support structure on the upper and lower sides of the backing ring.
(4) The invention is a simple, reliable suspension hanging system with perfect and optimal static design between the backing ring and the furnace shell. There is flexible and strong connection between the backing ring and the furnace shell that uniform load is distributed on each connecting rod which has self-adaptive capability to compensate for thermal deformation to cope with harsh environments with high mechanical and thermal loads.
(5) The main parts of the vertical connecting rod mechanism 3 and horizontal connecting rod mechanism 4 in the hanging structure such as vertical connecting rod 32, horizontal connecting rod 42, joint bearings 34, 44 and articulated shaft 35, 45, etc. are interchangeable, which greatly reduces the variety of spare parts, equipment maintenance costs and equipment maintenance time.
(6) Compared with the way of blocking seat mechanism, the connecting rod mechanism does not require adjustment. In the hanging structure of the present invention, both the horizontal connecting rod mechanism and the vertical connecting rod mechanism have the ability of adaptive action and are insensitive to the environment of lack of grease lubrication, and the tilting operation of the converter does not produce strange abnormal noise and has a longer working life, making the equipment maintenance-free for a long time.
The above descriptions are only examples of the invention, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the invention. For those skilled in the art, the application can have various modifications and changes. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of this invention shall be included in the protection scope of this invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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CN 202121337790.4 | Jun 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/082423 | 3/23/2022 | WO |