Centre De Recherches Metallurgiques-centrum Voor Research in De

Jean Adolphe Nautet

Marios Economopoulos

Stephan H Wilmotte

Philippe Felix Catoul

A metal product, such as a steel strip or a mill roll, is cooled by spraying a coolant towards a surface of the product travelling along a given path, by means of cooling apparatus comprising two hollow caissons arranged one inside the other and rigidly connected together to constitute a unit. The caissons cool the strip contained within a tunnel. The method is applied to the product surface and extends across the path of the product surface. Each caisson has a plurality of holes in a wall which is to face the product surface, each hole of the outer caisson being paired with a coaxially aligned hole of the inner caisson. A coolant sprayer is fixed in each pair of holes. Preferably, the sprayers are supplied with air from the inner caisson and water from the outer caisson, the water being atomized by the air. The path containing the prouduct is enclosed within a tunnel wherein ends of the tunnel are enclosed by continuous curtains of water which contact the product and effectively seal the ends of the tunnel.

Cooling metal products

A metal product, such as a steel strip or a mill roll, is cooled by spraying a coolant towards a surface of the product travelling along a given path, by means of cooling apparatus comprising two hollow caissons arranged one inside the other and rigidly connected together to constitute a unit. The unit is located adjacent the product surface and extends across the path of the product surface. Each caisson has a plurality of holes in a wall which is to face the product surface, each hole of the outer caisson being paired with a coaxially aligned hole of the inner caisson. A coolant sprayer is fixed in each pair of holes. Preferably, the sprayers are supplied with air from the inner caisson and water from the outer caisson, the water being atomized by the air.

Apparatus for cooling metal products

Cooling apparatus for cooling metal sections comprises a series of sprayers for simultaneously spraying a mixture of liquid and gas. Each sprayer has a gas inlet at one end and a mixture outlet at the other end. One or more liquid inlets are provided between two distinct peripheral shoulders. An elongate gas-supply manifold has outlet orifices adapted to seat the gas-inlet-side shoulders of the respective sprayers in a gas-tight manner. An elongate liquid-supply manifold has outlet orifices adapted to seat the mixture-outlet-side shoulders of the respective sprayers in a liquid-tight manner.

Apparatus for cooling metal sections

A measuring or sampling probe is to be lowered to a desired depth in molten metal. The probe is mounted on a tiltable elongate probe-carrier which can be lowered and raised. The probe-carrier is telescopic, its length being adjustable between given limits.

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