Device for removing mattes from the surface of a liquid metal bath inside a duct of a line for continuously coating a metal strip
AssigneeFives Stein
InventorsFernando Da Silva, Timothée Laloy, Pascal Thevenet
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for removing mattes from the surface of a liquid metal bath inside a duct of a line for continuously coating a metal strip having first and second faces, the first face being intended to come into contact with a bottom roller, comprising a compartment via which the liquid metal inside the duct is replenished by being drawn off by a pump to which the compartment is connected, characterized in that the compartment is capable of being removed by disassembly means without the metal strip needing to be cut.
Claims10
Device for removing mattes from the surface of a liquid metal bath inside a duct of a line for continuously coating a metal strip having first and second faces, the first face configured to come into contact with a bottom roller, the first face comprising a compartment forming a reservoir via which the liquid metal inside the duct is replenished by being drawn off by a pump to which the compartment is connected, wherein the compartment is fixed to a support by an attachment and adjustment means and the compartment is configured to be removed by a disassembly means without the metal strip needing to be cut and the compartment is held by two arms connected to the duct by the attachment and adjustment means.
Matte removal method for removing mattes from the surface of a liquid metal bath inside a duct of a line for continuously coating a metal strip, comprising a compartment forming a reservoir through which the liquid metal present inside the duct is replenished by drawing off by a pump to which it is connected, wherein that it comprises a step of fixing the compartment to a support by an attachment and adjustment means, a step of removing said compartment not comprising a step for cutting the metal strip and a step of holding said compartment by two arms connected to the duct by the attachment and adjustment means.
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