Union Siderurgique Du Nord Et De L'est De La France

Alfred Germain

Bernard Roth

Stephane Viannay

Jack Sebbah

The device provides an arrangement of the input and output ends of the machine which is of light and cheap construction, smaller in size and allows an adaptation of the machine in accordance with the width of the product to be treated. The device comprises, for each end of the machine, at least one rigid closing shutter carried by one of the frames of the machine. Guiding devices carried by this frame ensure a displacement of the or each shutter in a direction roughly perpendicular to the plane of the sheet passing through the machine. Devices for shifting the or each shutter are provided. The or each shutter cooperates by its free edge with the other frame of the machine so as to close in a substantially sealed manner the input or output end of the machine.

Device for closing the ends of a machine for treating metal sheets

The arrangement is provided in order to limit or prevent leakages of cooling liquid which always occur under various circumstances at the ends of the machine. The arrangement is provided at the input and output ends of the machine for cooling metal sheets or the like, which is of the type comprising an upper frame and a lower frame. Each frame comprises two lateral walls interconnected by a case which defines an enclosure in which the cooling liquid circulates. The arrangement resides in the fact that there are provided, at each of said ends, on one hand, a sump for collecting the cooling liquid and carried by the lower frame and extending throughout the width of the machine and, on the other hand, a device carried by the upper frame and adapted to project toward the interior of the machine a jet of fluid which is directed in counter-current fashion against the cooling liquid which tends to issue from the machine.

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Dunkerque-Malo-Les-Bains, France

Alfred Germain