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Method and device for homogenizing a molten metal film

US6581674B1 · kind B1 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignees

SMS DEMAG LLC · DE
Salzgitter AG · DE

Inventors

Joachim Kroos · Meine, DE
Karl-Heinz Spitzer · Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE
Ulrich Urlau · Moers, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2000
Grant date	Jun 24, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22D11/064
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for making a molten film of metal, steel, in particular a steel film, more uniform, by strip casting, in which the molten material which is applied to a revolving belt is to have a thickness and properties which are as uniform as possible across the width of the strip. To make the strip more uniform over its width, forces are introduced into the metal film with a component which is perpendicular to the direction in which the strip is conveyed, which forces make the profile of the molten film of metal more uniform.

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