Guide roller with integrated optical sensors and continuous casting machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11980931
APP PUB NO 20230330741A1
SERIAL NO

18124100

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A guide roller for a continuous casting machine includes a roller seat having bearings, a roller shaft mounted for rotation in the roller seat and at least one roller body mounted on the roller shaft and configured to support a billet. A passive optical sensor is mounted to the roller seat and configured to output optical signals, and an optical fiber extends from the passive optical sensor and is configured to convey the optical signals to a processor configured to determine one or more physical parameters of an installation position of the passive optical sensor based on the optical signals.

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AKTIEBOLAGET SKFSE 415 50 GOTEBORG

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Geng, Weifei Shanghai, CN 4 0
Liu, Jiakai Shanghai, CN 12 220
Weng, Liang Hangzhou, CN 3 0
Xu, Zongkang Suzhou, CN 4 0
Yi, Xing Shanghai, CN 53 786

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