Ceramic guide rolls for use in continuous casting

摘要

A ceramic guide roll having a multitude of discrete ceramic segments cylindrically assembled around the circumference of a steel core shaft of the guide roll, the ceramic guide roll including a stopper member provided at a first end of the steel core shaft and a segment retainer attached to a second end of the steel core shaft opposite the first end through a resilient mechanism for holding the ceramic segments constantly in abutting engagement with each other in the axial direction of the steel core shaft in cooperation with the stopper member.