Cooling conveyor
AssigneePrimetals Technologies USA LLC
InventorsJason Zelle, William Shen, Matthew Palfreman
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Abstract
A system for cooling rolling mill material is provided that includes a conveyor system that receives rolling mill material and passes the rolling mill material through one or more cooling regions. A cooling structure that operates uniformly across the central and edge regions of the conveyor system. The cooling structure uses a first jet of air for cooling the central portion of the rolling mill material. A nozzle deck is positioned on the edge regions of the conveyor system produces a second of jet of air for cooling the edge portions of the rolling mill. The nozzle deck includes one or more adjustable nozzle structures for controlling the air flow produced by the second jet of air by varying the size of their air passage regions.
Claims7
A method of cooling rolling mill material comprising:
- receiving rolling mill material and passes the rolling mill material through one or more cooling regions using a conveyor system;
- providing a cooling structure that operates uniformly across the central and edge regions of the conveyor system, the cooling structure uses a first jet of air for cooling the central portion of the rolling mill material;
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- positioning on the edge regions of the conveyor system a nozzle deck that produces a second of jet of air for cooling the edge portions of the rolling mill, the nozzle deck includes one or more adjustable nozzle structures for controlling the air flow produced by the second jet of air by varying the size of their air passage regions wherein
- the first jet of air is adjustable using one or more rack pinions, the rack pinions comprising wheels that are positioned on a rail on the conveyor system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.