Cockerill Maintenance & Ingéniérie S.a.

Brice Van Houtte

Michel Dubois

The present invention relates to an installation for the hot-dip coating of a metal strip () with a liquid metal, comprising a pot () containing a bath of liquid metal, an immersed sink roll () for deflecting the strip entering the bath to a vertical exit path and at least one additional roll () for controlling the strip flatness, the axes of said sink and additional rolls () being supported by arms () connected to a main metal frame (A) itself connected to a base on each side of the pot by means of supports (), characterized in that the metal frame is a double beam made of a removable beam (A) connected to an intermediate beam () itself anchored to the base by the supports ().

Double beam for sink roll

The present invention relates to a device for controlling the thickness of a coating made of a liquid film on a moving strip (), characterized in that automated structure for reducing the gas flow at each of said nozzle sides comprise a moving carriage () guiding a retractable cable () able to be applied respectively onto and out of the gas discharge opening (), inside the nozzle chamber () and in that, at each transversal side of the nozzle (), a transition, between an external nozzle section where the gas flow is reduced and an internal nozzle section where the gas flow is not reduced, is assured by two together-moving grooved wheels or pulleys () connected to the moving carriage (), located side by side and having their axis perpendicular to the nozzle, so that the cable () is successively located against the opening () on an external side of the first pulley (), between the two pulleys () and distant from the opening () on an internal side of the second pulley ().

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Embourg, Belgium

Brice Van Houtte