US 2025/0010348 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID SUBSTRATE COOLING

Abstract

Disclosed is a cooling system (104) and method for a metal processing system (100). The cooling system (104) includes a cooling header (114), an exhaust system (118), a temperature sensor (128), and a controller (130). The cooling header (114) selectively dispenses a coolant onto a metal substrate (110), and the exhaust system (118) removes heated coolant from the metal substrate (110). The temperature sensor (128) is downstream from the cooling header (114) and detects a temperature profile of the metal substrate (110) across a width of the metal substrate. The controller (130) is communicatively coupled to the cooling header (114) and the temperature sensor (128), and the controller (130) controls the cooling header (114) based at least on a detected temperature profile.

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Dependent claims

A cooling system for a metal processing system, the cooling system comprising:

a cooling header configured to selectively dispense a coolant onto a metal substrate;
an exhaust system downstream from the cooling header, wherein the exhaust system comprises a removal device that is configured to remove coolant dispensed by the cooling header;
a temperature sensor downstream from the cooling header, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature profile of the metal substrate across a width of the metal substrate;
and
a controller communicatively coupled to the cooling header and the temperature sensor, wherein the controller is configured to control the cooling header based at least on a detected temperature profile.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/705,465Filed 21 Oct 2022

Priority

27 Oct 2021

Published

9 Jan 2025

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

B21B 37/44
Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates: using heating, lubricating or water-spray cooling of the product
B21B 37/76
Temperature control, e.g. by cooling or heating the rolls or the product: cooling control on the run-out table
B21B 38/006
Methods or devices for measuring, detecting or monitoring specially adapted for metal-rolling mills, e.g. position detection, inspection of the…:…
B21B 45/0233
Using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes: spray nozzles, Nozzle headers; Spray systems

System and method for rapid substrate cooling

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System and method for rapid substrate cooling

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