Method for dip-coating a metal strip
AssigneeArcelorMittal
InventorsAngel Garcia Martino, Inocencio Garcia-Chapa
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Abstract
Equipment for the continuous hot dip-coating of a metal strip 9 including an annealing furnace, a tank 2 containing a liquid metal bath 3, a snout connecting the annealing furnace and tank 2, through which the metal strip 9 runs in a protective atmosphere and the lower part of the snout, the sabot 5, is at least partly immersed in the liquid metal bath 3 in order to define with the surface of the bath, and inside this snout, a liquid seal 6, an overflow 7 not connected to the snout, the overflow 7 including at least one tray 8, placed in the vicinity of the strip 9 when entering the liquid metal bath 3 and encompassed by liquid seal 6.
Claims14
Equipment for continuous hot dip-coating of a metal strip, the equipment comprising:
- an annealing furnace;
- a tank containing a liquid metal bath;
- a snout connecting the annealing furnace and the tank, the metal strip running through the snout in a protective atmosphere, a lower part of the snout being at least partly immersed in the liquid metal bath in order to define with a surface of the bath, and an inside of the snout, a liquid seal;
- an overflow not connected to the snout, the overflow including at least one tray placed in the vicinity of the strip when entering the liquid metal bath and encompassed by the liquid seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.