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Method and device for descaling metal strip

US8057604B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMS SIEMAG AG · DE

Inventors

Holger Behrens · Reutlingen, DE
Rolf Brisberger · Issum, DE
Klaus Frommann · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
Matthias Kretschmer · Walldorf, DE
Rüdiger Zerbe · Neuss, DE
Evgeny Stepanovich Senokosov · Saint Petersburg, RU
Andrei Evgenievich Senokosov · Saint Petersburg, RU

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2006
Grant date	Nov 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 16, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21B45/06
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and a device for descaling a metal strip, in which the metal strip is guided in a direction of conveyance through at least one plasma descaling unit in which it is subjected to a plasma descaling. The metal strip is subjected to an automatically controlled cooling process in a cooling unit following the plasma descaling in the one or more plasma descaling units in such a way that it has a well-defined temperature downstream of the cooling unit.

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