Method and apparatus for strand cooling with a flat spray pattern
US3981347A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 1975 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22D11/124
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of, and apparatus for, the cooling of a strand during the continuous casting of metals, especially steel, wherein a cooling fluid possessing a regulatable quantity for impingement at the surface of the strand is sprayed between two guide elements neighboring one another in the direction of strand travel onto the strand surface. According to the invention, the cooling liquid or fluid is selectively sprayed from one spray pattern or two spray patterns which are essentially similarly directed and initially extend behind one another in the direction of travel of the strand and thereafter are united into a spray pattern having a flat spray characteristic, wherein the united spray pattern has a thickness and direction which approximately corresponds to that of one of the adjacently situated spray patterns.
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