Processing apparatus for forming metallic material
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorSusumu Ninomiya
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Abstract
A processing apparatus forms a metallic material such as steel. The apparatus includes a heating tub, spray nozzles, a cooling tub, and a circulator. The heating tub heats the steel to equal to or higher than the modification point of the steel. The spray nozzles cool the steel processed by the heating tub to lower than the modification point, by contacting liquid metal sodium onto the steel. The cooling tub stores the liquid metal sodium, soaks the steel processed by the spray nozzles, and cools the steel. The circulator 20 circulates the liquid metal sodium so that the liquid metal sodium flows in the same direction as the steel in the cooling tub 3.
Claims21
A processing apparatus for forming a metallic material, comprising:
- a metallic material heater that heats the metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- and
- a liquid metal sodium supplier that cools the metallic material processed by the metallic material heater to lower than the modification point, by contacting liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material,
- wherein the liquid metal sodium flows in the same direction as the metallic material, and
- wherein the liquid metal sodium supplier comprises a spray nozzle arranged to spray the liquid metal sodium directly onto the metallic material.
A processing apparatus for forming a metallic material, comprising:
- a metallic material heater that heats the metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- and
- a liquid metal sodium supplier that cools the metallic material processed by the metallic material heater to lower than the modification point, by contacting liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material,
- a cooling tub that stores the liquid metal sodium and soaks the metallic material, and
- a liquid metal sodium circulator that circulates the liquid metal sodium in the cooling tub
- wherein the liquid metal sodium flows in the same direction as the metallic material, and
- wherein the liquid metal sodium supplier comprises a spray nozzle arranged to spray the liquid metal sodium directly onto the metallic material.
A processing apparatus for forming a metallic material, comprising:
- a metallic material heater that heats the metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- and
- a liquid metal sodium supplier that cools the metallic material processed by the metallic material heater to lower than the modification point, by contacting liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material,
- wherein the liquid metal sodium flows in the same direction as the metallic material and
- wherein the metallic material heater includes a melting pot that stores the metallic material in molten condition, and the molten metallic material flows onto a cooling roller that can be rotated, and the liquid metal sodium supplier supplies the liquid metal sodium to the molten metallic material on the cooling roller.
A method for processing metallic material, comprising the steps of:
- heating a metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- and
- cooling the heated metallic material to lower than the modification point, by contacting a liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material,
- wherein the liquid metal sodium flows in the same direction as the metallic material, and
- wherein the cooling step comprises spraying the liquid metal sodium directly onto the metallic material.
A method for processing metallic material, comprising the steps of:
- heating a metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- and
- cooling the heated metallic material to lower than the modification point, by contacting a liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material,
- soaking the cooled metallic material in a cooling tub that stores the liquid metal so as to cool the metallic material, and
- circulating the liquid metal sodium in the cooling tub,
- wherein the liquid metal sodium flows in the same direction as the metallic material, and
- wherein the cooling step comprises spraying the liquid metal sodium directly onto the metallic material.
A method for processing metallic material, comprising the steps of:
- heating a metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- and
- cooling the heated metallic material to lower than the modification point, by contacting a liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material,
- wherein the liquid metal sodium flows in the same direction as the metallic material, and
- wherein a melting pot that stores the metallic material in melting condition is employed in the heating step, and the molten metallic material flows onto a rotatable cooling roller, and the liquid metal sodium is supplied to the molten metallic material on the cooling roller in the cooling step.
A processing apparatus for forming a metallic material, comprising:
- a metallic material heater that heats the metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- a liquid metal sodium supplier that cools the metallic material processed by the metallic material heater to lower than the modification point, by contacting a liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material;
- and
- a circulator for circulating the liquid metal sodium in the same direction as the metallic material
- wherein the liquid metal sodium supplier comprises a spray nozzle arranged to spray the liquid metal sodium directly onto the metallic material.
A method for processing metallic material, comprising the steps of:
- heating a metallic material to equal to or higher than the modification point thereof;
- cooling the heated metallic material to lower than the modification point, by contacting a liquid metal sodium onto the metallic material;
- and
- circulating the liquid metal sodium in the same direction as the metallic material
- wherein the cooling step comprises spraying the liquid metal sodium directly onto the metallic material.
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