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Apparatus for producing strip of stainless steel

US5904204A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 1996
Grant dateMay 18, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21D9/564
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for the production of a stainless steel strip comprising the following devices provided in sequence: a twin-drum continuous casting machine; an atmosphere control cover having in its interior a bridle roll or a pinch roll; a hot-rolling machine; a heat-treating furnace comprising direct fire burners connected to header pipes juxtaposed to one another in the widthwise direction of the furnace over the longitudinal direction of the furnace; a cooler; and a coiler.

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