Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors: “(1) Field of the Invention “The present invention relates to a robotized system for changing a sliding gate valve plate in a sliding gate valve in a metallurgic casting installation. The present invention proposes a robotized system which can be fully automated, capa ble of removing a spent sliding gate valve plate from its casting position in a plate support frame coupled to a metallurgic vessel, storing it for refurbishing or for disposal, and taking a new sliding gate valve plate and loading it into its casting position in the plate support frame.
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