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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1991
Osami Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Omori, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Oishi, Tokyo, JP;
Naoto Kitagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takaya Seike, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Araki, Tokyo, JP;
NKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for continuously cooling a metal strip, which comprises: at least one cooling roll, which is freely rotatable and in contact with a metal strip continuously travelling in the longitudinal direction thereof, for continuously cooling the metal strip, a cooling liquid flowing through the interior of the cooling roll to continuously cool same, a contact area between the surface of the cooling roll and the surface of the metal strip being controllable; and a gas cooler, arranged on the exist side of the at least one cooling roll, for continuously cooling the metal strip by blowing a cooling gas onto the surface of the metal strip so as to achieve a uniform temperature distribution in the width direction of the metal strip after the final cooling thereof, the gas cooler comprising a plurality of mutually independent nozzle headers for blowing the cooling gas onto the surface of the metal strip, and the plurality of nozzle headers controlling at least one of a flow rate and a flow velocity of the cooling gas in the width direction of the metal strip.