A hot dip coating device and a method of operating thereof
AssigneeTata Steel Ijmuiden B.V.
InventorsRoel Marinus Maria MALLENS, Ernesto MONTAGNA
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Abstract
A method of operating a hot dip coating device. The hot dip coating device includes a snout, air knives, a container including a liquid metal bath. The method includes positioning a first gutter including a first rim inside the snout. The method further includes positioning a second gutter including a second rim facing the air knives, outside the snout; wherein the second gutter is positioned between the snout and the air knives to remove surface dross between the snout and the air knives using the second gutter such that the second rim of the second gutter and the first rim of the first gutter are arranged in the same horizontal plane.
Claims19
A hot dip coating device comprising:
- a snout;
- air knives;
- a container comprising a liquid metal bath;
- a first gutter comprising a first rim inside the snout;
- wherein the hot dip coating device further comprises a second gutter comprising a second rim facing the air knives outside the snout;
- wherein the second gutter is positioned between the snout and the air knives;
- to remove surface dross between the snout and the air knives using the second gutter such that the second rim of the second gutter and the first rim of the first gutter are arranged in the same horizontal plane.
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