Continuously operable production plant and method for operating the production plant when there is a fault
US12330196B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB21B39/004
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In the case of a production plant which comprises in series a thin-slab continuous casting plant (1), which is arranged upstream of a roller hearth furnace (2), the roller hearth furnace (2) and a rolling mill (3), which is arranged downstream of the roller hearth furnace (2) and has an assigned reeling plant (21), wherein the continuous casting plant (1) and the rolling mill (3) can be operated in a continuous operating mode, the intention is to provide a solution that allows a slab buffer capacity to be provided for a continuously operated thin slab continuous casting plant when there is a fault causing a standstill in the transport of the slab or strip. This is achieved by the production plant having four slab or strip cutting devices (10, 14, 17, 24), which are arranged upstream and downstream of the roller hearth furnace (2), in a section along the length of the roller hearth furnace (2) and on the outlet side of a first separate roll line (12) of the rolling mill (3).
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