Analysis Of Mechanical Loading of the Hinges and Supports of the Mold Vibration Mechanism on a Continuous Caster

The mechanical loading of a hinge-lever mold-vibration mechanism on a continuous caster is modeled to examine how the use of air springs that perform a balancing function affect the dynamic component of the reaction forces in the mechanism’s hinges and supports. The values of pressure in the air springs that are optimum from the standpoint of minimizing the range of variation of the reaction forces are determined.