Rolling mill material handling system
AssigneeMorgan Construction Company
InventorTerence M. Shore
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Abstract
A rolling mill material handling system includes a cooling bed and an associated laying head and cooling conveyor. Hot rolled products may be cut into segments which are shifted laterally onto the cooling bed. Alternatively, the hot rolled products may be directed longitudinally in undivided lengths past the cooling bed to the laying head where they are formed into rings and deposited on the cooling conveyor.
Claims14
A material handling system for hot rolled long product emerging longitudinally along a delivery path from a continuous hot rolling mill, said system comprising:
- shear means along said delivery path, said shear means being operable selectively between a first mode subdividing said product into segments and a second mode permitting said product to continue past said shear means and along said path in an undivided state;
- a cooling bed positioned alongside said path at a location following said shear means;
- transfer means operable selectively between a first mode transferring product segments received from said shear means onto said cooling bed, and a second mode permitting undivided product to continue along said delivery path past said cooling bed;
- a laying head positioned along said path at a location following said cooling bed, said laying head being operative to form undivided product into a continuous series of rings;
- a conveyor aligned with said delivery path for receiving said rings from said laying head and for transporting said rings to a reforming station;
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- means at said reforming station for gathering said rings into coils.
A method of handling hot rolled long product emerging longitudinally along a delivery path from a continuous hot rolling mill, said method comprising:
- passing said product through a shear and selectively operating said shear in either a first mode subdividing the product into segments or in a second mode permitting the product to continue past said shear and along said path in an undivided state;
- transferring the product segments laterally from said path onto a cooling bed for continued lateral transfer and cooling thereon;
- permitting undivided product to continue along said delivery path past the cooling bed to a laying head which forms the product into a continuous series of rings;
- transporting said rings further along said delivery path to a reforming station;
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- gathering the rings into coils at said reforming station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.