Installation for coating a longitudinally-running strip-shaped metal product
AssigneeClecim
InventorsLaurent Cloutot, Lionel Goiset, Benjamin Grenier
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Abstract
An installation for coating a longitudinally-running, strip-shaped metal product includes a tank containing a coating in liquid form, into which the metal product is dipped, a wiping system disposed at a vertical outlet of the product from the tank and intended to wipe each face of the strip-shaped product, at least one ancillary device disposed at an outlet of the product from the wiping system in a manner facing one of the faces of the product, and a holding device holding the wiping system and the ancillary device. The holding device includes a securing unit forming a common lateral support for the wiping system and each ancillary device by using multiple securing points.
Claims15
An installation for coating a metal product, wherein said metal product is longitudinally-running and has a shape of a strip, the installation comprising:
- a tank containing a coating in a liquid form into which the metal product is dipped;
- a wiper disposed at a vertical outlet of the product from said tank, said wiper configured to wipe each face of the metal product;
- at least one ancillary device disposed at an outlet of the metal product from said wiper, said at least one ancillary device facing at least one of the faces of the metal product;
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- a holder holding said wiper and said at least one ancillary device, said holder including a securing unit forming a common lateral support for directly supporting said wiper and each of said at least one ancillary device;
- said holder includes a horizontal crossmember holding the securing unit;
- said securing unit including lateral elements extending in a vertical direction from the crossmember;
- a plurality of securing points arranged on the lateral elements of the securing unit;
- each of said lateral elements having the plurality of securing points being coupled to at least two lateral ends of the wiper and of each said at least one ancillary device;
- said ancillary device including at least a strip-stabilizer
- said ancillary device and said wiper each having a height from a surface of the coating in the liquid form in the tank;
- said securing points provided movably such that the height of the ancillary device or the wiper can be varied;
- said lateral elements are moveable in a horizontal direction to compensate for a width of the metal product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.