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AssigneeSMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDirk Schmidt, Harald Wehage, Frank Werner, Günter Thüs
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The invention concerns a method for cooling or quenching slabs and sheets (2) with water in a cooling pond (1, 14) wherein the slabs and the sheets (2), previously set upright by a tilting device (18), are lowered and temporarily maintained in position on edge. The inventive method is characterized in that the slabs and the sheets are sprayed with the cooling water. Therefor, the cooling pond (1) has, on both sides of the lowered slabs and sheets (2) jet devices (10; 11a, 11b) directed towards the surfaces of the large sides of the slabs or sheets and connected to a cooling water circuit which comprises means for reducing the water filling supply from a maximum upper water level (13b) to a lower water level (13a).
Method for cooling or quenching metal slabs and metal sheets (2) with water, comprising the steps of:
Device in accordance with Clam 6, and further comprising a raisable and lowerable carriage (9), wherein the cooling basin (1) is designed with tracks (9) for the raisable and lowerable carriage (3) that holds a slab or a sheet (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.