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Hot-strip cooling device

US8444909B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2012
Grant dateMay 21, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21B45/0233
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hot-strip cooling device for cooling a hot strip that has been subjected to finish rolling while being conveyed over a run-out table. The device includes a plurality of cooling nozzles that are disposed above a steel strip and eject rod-like flows of coolant at an ejection angle tilted toward the upstream side in a steel-strip traveling direction; and purging means that is disposed on the upstream side with respect to the cooling nozzles and purges the coolant that has been ejected from the cooling nozzles and resides on the steel strip.

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