Bar delivery system and method
AssigneeMorgan Construction Company
InventorsT. Michael Shore, Matthew Palfreman
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Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for receiving a hot rolled bar product from a rolling mill, and for delivering the bar product to a cooling bed. A shear subdivides the bar product into bar segments and alternately directs the bar segments to one or the other of two downstream intermediate paths for continued travel thereon. A switch on each of said intermediate paths alternately directs bar segments traveling thereon to one or the other of two respective downstream delivery paths for continued travel thereon to the cooling bed. Decelerators slow the bar segments traveling along the delivery paths.
Claims13
A system for receiving a hot rolled bar product from a rolling mill, and for delivering the bar product to a cooling bed, said system comprising:
- shear means for subdividing the bar product into bar segments and for alternately directing the bar segments to one or the other of two downstream intermediate paths for continued travel thereon;
- switch means on each of said intermediate paths for alternately directing bar segments traveling thereon to one or the other of two respective downstream delivery paths for continued travel thereon to said cooling bed;
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- decelerating means for slowing the bar segments traveling along said delivery paths, said decelerating means comprising first and second decelerators spaced one from the other along said delivery paths, said first decelerator being operable to slow the bar segments to an intermediate speed lower than the speed at which the bar product is delivered from said rolling mill, and said second decelerator being operable to further slow the bar segments from said intermediate speed to a lower speed suitable for delivery to said cooling bed, the distance between said first and second decelerators being greater than the length of said bar segments.
A system for receiving a hot rolled bar product from a rolling mill, and for delivering the bar product to a cooling bed, said apparatus comprising:
- shear means for subdividing the bar product into bar segments and for alternately directing the bar segments to one or the other of two downstream intermediate paths for continued travel thereon;
- switch means on each of said intermediate paths for alternately directing bar segments traveling thereon to one or the other of two respective downstream delivery paths for continued travel thereon to said cooling bed;
- first and second decelerating means spaced one from the other along said delivery paths, said first decelerating means being operable to slow the bar segments to an intermediate speed lower than the speed at which the bar product is delivered from said rolling mill, and said second decelerating means being operable to further slow the bar segments from said intermediate speed to a lower speed suitable for delivery to said cooling bed;
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- first and second cooling means spaced one from the other along said delivery paths, said first cooling means being located upstream of said first decelerating means, and said second cooling means being located between said first and second decelerating means.
A method of receiving a hot rolled bar product from a rolling mill, and delivering the bar product to a cooling bed, said method comprising:
- subdividing the bar product into bar segments and alternately directing the bar segments to one or the other of two intermediate paths for continued travel thereon;
- alternately directing bar segments traveling along said intermediate paths to one or the other of two respective delivery paths for continued travel thereon to said cooling bed;
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- decelerating the bar segments traveling along said delivery paths in two stages, said first decelerating stage operating to slow the bar segments to an intermediate speed lower than the speed at which the bar product is delivered from said rolling mill, and said second decelerating stage operating to further slow the bar segments from said intermediate speed to a lower speed suitable for delivery to said cooling bed.
A system for receiving a hot rolled bar product from a rolling mill, and for delivering the bar product to a cooling bed, said apparatus comprising:
- shear means for subdividing the bar product into bar segments and for alternately directing the bar segments to one or the other of two downstream intermediate paths for continued travel thereon;
- switch means on each of said intermediate paths for alternately directing bar segments traveling thereon to one or the other of two respective downstream delivery paths for continued travel thereon to said cooling bed;
- first and second decelerating means spaced one from the other along said delivery paths, said first decelerating means being operable to slow the bar segments to an intermediate speed lower than the speed at which the bar product is delivered from said rolling mill, and said second decelerating means being operable to further slow the bar segments from said intermediate speed to a lower speed suitable for delivery to said cooling bed;
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- first and second cooling means spaced one from the other along said delivery paths, said first cooling means being located upstream of said first decelerating means, and said second cooling means being located between said first and second decelerating means, the distance between said first decelerating means and said second cooling means is less than the length of the bar segments.
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