Method of cooling a rolled stock and a cooling bed for effecting the method
AssigneeSMS Schloemann-Siemeg AG
InventorRolf Stodt
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Abstract
A method of cooling a rolled stock and including providing a cooling bed having entrance, middle, and end sections, transporting the rolled stock along the cooling bed in a direction transverse to the rolled stock longitudinal axis, air-cooling of the rolled stock in the entrance section of the cooling bed, spray-cooling of the rolled stock in the middle section of the cooling bed by spraying water onto the rolled stock, and air-cooling and air-drying of the rolled stock in the end section of the cooling bed.
Claims9
A method of cooling a rolled stock having a longitudinal axis, comprising the steps of providing a cooling bed having an air cooling entrance section, a water cooling middle section, and an air cooling end section;
- transporting the rolled stock along the cooling bed in a direction transverse to the rolled stock longitudinal axis;
- air-cooling of the rolled stock in the entrance section of the cooling bed;
- spray-cooling of the rolled stock in the middle section of the cooling bed by spraying water onto the rolled stock;
- and air-cooling and air-drying of the rolled stock in the end section of the cooling bed.
A cooling bed for a rolled stock having a longitudinal axis, comprising an air cooling entrance section, a water cooling middle section, and an air cooling end section extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the to-be-cooled rolled stock;
- conveyor means for transporting the rolled stock along the cooling bed starting from the entrance section and across the middle and end sections;
- and a water distribution device for cooling the rolled stock with water and arranged in the middle section, the water distribution device being formed as a spraying device for producing a water mist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.