Device and method by which the process control, in particular temperature control, of a metal product passed through along a single running-through line is flexibly influenced by means of at least two adjacent segments
AssigneeSMS group GmbH
InventorsJoachim HAFER, Matthias PETERS, Kilian KAUPPER
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Abstract
A device and a method are described by which the process control, in particular temperature control, of a metal product passed through along a single running-through line is flexibly influenced by means of at least two adjacent segments. By exchanging segments, the process control can be adapted quickly and flexibly to a wide variety of metal products.
Claims24
-23. (canceled)
A device by which a process control, in particular a temperature control, of a metal product, in particular a slab, thin slab or pre-rolled hot strip, which is passed through along a single running-through line (L) is flexibly influenced, comprising:
- at least two segments (S) arranged one behind the other in the running-through direction (L),
- wherein at least one segment (S) is designed as a furnace (S2, S3), an enclosed transport section (S4), an open transport section (S1) and/or a cooling section (S8),
- wherein a further furnace segment (S2, S3) can be positioned next to a first furnace segment (S2, S3),
- wherein at least one segment (S) can be exchanged by a transport device (T) comprising at least one drive unit,
- wherein one segment (S) can be exchanged for another segment (S) by the transport device (T) by means of a transport operation in one continuous operation, and
- wherein the segments (S) exchangeable with one another are arranged on a common support structure (7, 8).
A method for influencing a process control, in particular a temperature control, of a metal product (A, B), in particular a slab, thin slab or a pre-rolled hot strip, which is passed through along a running-through line, by at least two segments (S) arranged one behind the other in the running-through line (L),
- wherein the process control, in particular temperature control, is changed along the running-through direction (L) of the metal product (A, B) by exchanging one segment (S), and
- wherein the exchange of a segment (S) for another segment (S) by a transport operation is carried out in one continuous operation by a transport device (T), and
- wherein the segments (S) arranged on a common support structure (7, 8) are moved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.