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Method of operating a wide band hot rolling mill

US4263798A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 28, 1978
Grant dateApr 28, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 28, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hot rolling mill and a method of operation to reduce scrap upon failure of a portion of the mill in which a first furnace device is provided adapted to receive and reel up a strip which is ready to go to the finishing section of the mill and a second furnace device is provided to receive a strip of material being rolled in the roughing section of the mill without reeling up, while both furnace devices maintain the material therein at working temperature and in continuous motion.

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