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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Primetals Technologies Austria Gmbh, Linz, AT;
Ezio Colombo, Milan, IT;
Gerald Hohenbichler, Kronstorf, AT;
Jens Kluge, Aichach, DE;
Jeffrey Morton, Alberndorf i.d. Riedmark, AT;
Paul Pennerstorfer, Thalheim/Wels, AT;
Abstract
An apparatus () and method for the production of elongated metal products such as bars, rods or the like: A rolling mill () with at least one rolling stand (); a casting station () with at least a first casting line () and at least a second casting line (), each line () being operable to produce respective elongated intermediate products (b, b), such as billets; wherein at least the first casting line () is directly aligned with the rolling mill (), the first casting line () being configured to feed the rolling mill () with a fully continuous casting strand or with cast elongated intermediate products; and the second casting line () is not aligned with the rolling mill (). A bidirectional transfer device () for transferring elongated intermediate products (b) of the second casting line () alternatively in a first direction from the second casting line () to the first casting line () to align the elongated intermediate product (b) with the rolling mill () or in a second direction from the at least second casting line () to a cooling bed ().