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AssigneeNovelis Inc.
InventorsRejean Lemay, Andrew Hobbis, Heinz Becker, David Gaensbauer
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Exemplary embodiments of the invention include a method and apparatus for cooling a metal strip that is being advanced in a generally horizontal fashion. The method involves delivering a coolant liquid onto a lower surface of the strip from below across the entire width of the strip, preventing the coolant liquid from contacting the upper surface of the strip, and optionally subsequently removing the coolant liquid from the lower surface. The coolant liquid is prevented from contacting the upper surface by forming a gas-directing channel immediately above the upper surface of the strip adjacent to one or preferably both lateral edges of the strip and forcing a gas through the channel in a direction generally away from a center of the strip towards the one or both lateral edges to deflect coolant liquid away from the upper surface of the strip. The apparatus provides means for carrying out these steps.
A method of cooling a metal strip, which method comprises:
Apparatus for cooling an elongated metal strip having lateral edges, as the strip is advanced generally horizontally in a direction of strip advance, which apparatus comprises:
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