New Rautomead Quick Die Change Technology Improves Operating Efficiency by over 20 percent

摘要

Gontinuous casting technology specialists, Rautomead Limited, of Dundee, UK, have developed a revolutionary new form of Quick Die Change (QDC) for their range of horizontal casting machines. The new System enables casting dies to be changed without cooling the furnace and reduces typical die change time from around thirty hours to about one hour, with over 20 percent improvement in operating efficiency, Rautomead have been building horizontal conti-nuous casting machines for the production of bronze, ni-ckel-silver and brass alloys for over twenty-five years. Designs have evoived over the years as a result of con-tinuing programmes of product improvement and in re-sponse to customer needs, but Quick Die Change is by far the most significant engineering step to-date in im-proving the up-time Performance of this equipment.