APPARATUS FOR LINING THE INNER WALL OF A VESSEL WITH BRICKS

摘要

The apparatus comprises an operating station (10) with a rotary work platform (16), a non-rotary supporting stage (14) carrying the platform (16) by means of a bearing (18), a robot (20) for laying the bricks, a monitoring booth (68), means of raising and lowering brick pallets (34), (36), and at least one automatic brick-depalletising mechanism for transferring the bricks from the pallets (34), (36) towards a stand-by station. This stand-by station comprises a turret which can contain a reserve of bricks (62) of different types and which is supported by the stage (14) by means of a bearing (54), so as to be rotatable independently of the stage (14) and of the platform (16) about the vertical axis of the vessel. The apparatus can be used particularly for repairing converters.