Jfe Steel Corporation

Akira Tagane

Akio Fujibayashi

Seishi Tsuyama

Kazuo Omata

Isao Takahashi

The present invention relates to a method for cooling a steel plate comprising the steps of: forming a water pool with jets of cooling water being injected to impinge on one another by using one slit-nozzle and a plurality of induced laminar flow nozzles, the slit nozzle being provided in a position on an upper surface side of the steel plate, and the induced laminar flow nozzles being provided in a position on a lower surface side of the steel plate along a transfer direction and a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction; and passing the steel plate into the water pool, wherein when a top portion of the steel plate passes over the induced laminar flow nozzles located at least on the side of highest upstream, a volume of the cooling water to be injected from each of the induced laminar flow nozzles is reduced. According to the method of the present invention, when on-line cooling is performed for a hot rolled steel plate, the top portion of the steel plate can be prevented from being super cooled, and the steel plate can therefore be uniformly cooled.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akira Tagane