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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1995
George W Tippins, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John E Thomas, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Tippins Incorporated, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus of making coiled plate, sheet in coiled form or discrete plate. The apparatus includes a continuous strip caster forming a strand of intermediate thickness; a shear for cutting the strand into a slab of desired length; a slab table including a slab takeoff operable transverse of the conveyor table; a slab collection and storage area adjacent to the slab conveyor table adapted to receive slabs from the slab takeoff; one or two reheat furnaces having an entry inline with both the slab conveyor table and the slab collection and storage area for receiving slabs from either; a feed and run back table at the exit of one reheat furnace; a single or twin stand hot reversing mill for reducing the slab to a coiling thickness in a number of flat passes; and a pair of coiler furnaces located on opposite sides of the hot reversing mill.