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Method of and apparatus for conveying and guiding thin metal strip formed by quenching

US5499673A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 1994
Grant dateMar 19, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB22D11/0694
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A continuous thin metal strip formed by quenching on a single quenching roll is separated from the quenching roll and conveyed along a fly path to a coiling system directly or via pinch rolls. The path along which the thin metal strip flies is stabilized by a jet of a fluid jetted from a slit and biased to flow along a convex curved surface, whereby the time until the strip is taken up or nipped by the pinch rolls is shortened.

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