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US 4,379,002 AGranted
Method and equipment for dividing slabs into predetermined widths
AssigneeKawasaki Steel Corporation
InventorsSadayuki Saito, Hiroji Moriwaki, Kazuya Higuchi
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Abstract
In the process of conveying a slab from continuous casting or large ingot casting equipment by means of a conveyance table comprising conveyance rollers, the slab is stopped on the table and raised therefrom and, at the raised position, the slab is divided lengthwise thereof by gas cutting into at least two. The divided slabs are individually transferred to the downstream, where slags formed on the lower end edge of the cut surface of each divided slab are continuously removed.
Claims8
A slab dividing method comprising the steps of:
- stopping a slab being conveyed by conveyance rollers;
- raising the slab from the conveyance rollers;
- dividing, at the raised position, the slab lengthwise thereof by gas cutting into at least two;
- returning the divided slabs onto the conveyance rollers one after the other;
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- conveying the divided slabs to the downstream, where slags formed on the lower end edges of the cut surface of each slab are removed.
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Slab dividing equipment comprising:
- a slab conveyance table constituted by conveyance rollers disposed flush with one another and at intervals;
- slab lift means provided in association with the conveyance table;
- gas cutting means provided above the slab lift means for dividing a slab lengthwise thereof by gas cutting;
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- slag removing means provided downstream of the gas cutting means for removing slags formed or each divided slab during the gas cutting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.