Apparatus for cooling metal sections
AssigneeCentre de Recherches Metallurgiques-Centrum voor Research in de Metallurgie
InventorsStephan Hubert Wilmotte, Jean Adolphe Nautet, Marios Economopoulos
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Abstract
Cooling apparatus for cooling metal sections comprises a series of sprayers for simultaneously spraying a mixture of liquid and gas. Each sprayer has a gas inlet at one end and a mixture outlet at the other end. One or more liquid inlets are provided between two distinct peripheral shoulders. An elongate gas-supply manifold has outlet orifices adapted to seat the gas-inlet-side shoulders of the respective sprayers in a gas-tight manner. An elongate liquid-supply manifold has outlet orifices adapted to seat the mixture-outlet-side shoulders of the respective sprayers in a liquid-tight manner.
Claims7
Cooling apparatus for cooling metal sections, comprising:
- (a) a series of sprayers for simultaneously spraying a mixture of liquid and gas, each sprayer having a gas inlet at one end, a mixture outlet at the other end, two distinct peripheral shoulders and at least one liquid inlet between the two shoulders;
- (b) an elongate manifold for supplying the sprayers with gas, having outlet orifices adapted to seat the gas-inlet-side shoulders of the respective sprayers in a gas-tight manner;
- and (c) an elongate manifold for supplying the sprayers with liquid, having outlet orifices adapted to seat the mixture-outlet-side shoulders of the respective sprayers in a liquid-tight manner.
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