Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.a.

Gianfranco Marconi

Andrea Carboni

Riccardo Conte

Alessandra Primavera

Luciano Vignolo

Arbeno Vrech

Ilie-Florian Mitoi

Secondary cooling apparatus in a machine for continuous casting of metal products, such that each metal product is cast, contained and guided along an axis of movement. The secondary cooling apparatus includes a plurality of cooling assemblies disposed in sequence one to the other along the continuous casting machine. Each assembly includes a plurality of cooling units each provided with one or more nozzles disposed along the axis of movement. The cooling units of each assembly are adjacent to each other to cover a width at least equal to the maximum width of the metal product which can be cast in the continuous casting machine.

Secondary cooling apparatus in a machine for continuous casting of metal products

A method to control a secondary cooling apparatus in a machine for continuous casting of metal products is provided. The secondary cooling apparatus includes a plurality of cooling units equipped with nozzles, each nozzle is provided with delivery orifices from which a refrigerant fluid is delivered, on each occasion according to the punctual cooling needs, toward a metal product.

Method to control a secondary cooling apparatus in a machine for continuous casting of metal products and secondary cooling apparatus for a continuous casting machine

A plant for cleaning rolled metal strips provided with a superficial layer of oxide, the plant comprising unwinding means for unwinding at least one coil of rolled strip and pickling means for pickling said rolled strip; wherein there are provided measuring means for measuring the thickness of the superficial layer of oxide, arranged between said unwinding means and said pickling means. A relating cleaning method is also claimed.

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Udine, Italy

Gianfranco Marconi