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Device and process for producing a steel strip

US6457227B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 20, 2000
Grant dateOct 1, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/5184
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for producing a thin steel strip, comprising at least one or more continuous-casting machines (1) for casting thin steel slabs, a furnace device (7) which is suitable for heating and/or homogenizing a slab, and at least one rolling device for reducing the thickness of a slab which is conveyed out of the furnace device (7), a welding machine being arranged between the continuous-casting machine (1) or continuous-casting machines (1) and the rolling device (10), for the purpose of joining slabs together.

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