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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1990
Libor F Rostik, Duncanville, TX (US);
Lloyd M Schmelzle, Desoto, TX (US);
Peter Fink, Juistweg, DE;
Dieter Figge, Defreggerstra{e, DE;
Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Chaparral Steel Company, Midlothian, TX (US);
Abstract
A continuous process and system for making flat rolled steel or ferrous metal strip having a minimum thickness sufficient to allow substantially direct product manufacture therefrom, wherein a Platzer planetary mill continuously receives an as-continuously cast endless slab of steel or ferrous metal and effects a first reduction in thickness from the as-continuously cast thickness of the slab, a plurality of millstands sequentially receive the continuous strip from the Platzer planetary mill to effect a second reduction in thickness of at least about 50% of the first reduced thickness to provide a continuous strip having an average thickness of less than about 1.8 mm, and electric induction reheaters are placed between each adjacent pair of millstands to maintain the continuous strip at a working temperature sufficient to effect the second reduction in thickness.