INTERMEDIATE THICKNESS AND MULTIPLE FURNACE PROCESS LINE

• Main Authors: GEORGE W. TIPPINS, JOHN E. THOMAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.07.2005
• Subjects: BLASTING; CASTING; CASTING OF METALS; CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES; CHEMISTRY; DETAILS OR ACCESSORIES OF FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS,IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE OF KINDS OCCURRING IN MORE THAN ONE KINDOF FURNACE; FURNACES; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUSMETALS OR ALLOYS; HEATING; KILNS; LIGHTING; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE BY DECARBURISATION, TEMPERING OR OTHERTREATMENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; OVENS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; PUNCHING METAL; RETORTS; ROLLING OF METAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MAKING COILED PLATE, SHEET IN COILED FORM OR DISCRETE PLATE. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A CONTINUOUS STRIP CASTER (30, 130) FORMING A STRAND OF INTERMEDIATE THICKNESS; A SHEAR FOR CUTTING THE STRAND INTO A SLAB OF DESIRED LENGTH; A SLAB TABLE (136) INCLUDING A SLAB TAKEOFF OPERABLE TRANSVERSE OF THE CONVEYOR TABLE; A SLAB COLLECTION AND STORAGE AREA (140) ADJACENT TO THE SLAB CONVEYOR TABLE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SLABS FROM THE SLAB TAKEOFF; ONE OR TWO REHEAT FURNACES HAVING AN ENTRY INLINE WITH BOTH THE SLAB CONVEYOR TABLE AND THE SLAB COLLECTION AND STORAGE AREA FOR RECEIVING SLABS FROM EITHER; A FEED AND RUN BACK TABLE (252) AT THE EXIT OF ONE REHEAT FURNACE; A SINGLE OR TWIN STAND HOT REVERSING MILL (256) FOR REDUCING THE SLAB TO A COILING THICKNESS IN A NUMBER OF FLAT PASSES; AND A PAIR OF COILER FURNACES (258, 260) LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HOT REVERSING MILL.