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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1994
Kenji Nakagawa, Chiba, JP;
Nozomu Tamura, Chiba, JP;
Saburo Moriwaki, Chiba, JP;
Kiyoshi Shibuya, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Suhara, Chiba, JP;
Kazuyuki Katoh, Chiba, JP;
Toru Sato, Chiba, JP;
Toshitane Matsukawa, Chiba, JP;
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
Apparatus and method of producing a thin metal ribbon by pouring a molten metal onto the surface of a quench roll rotating at a high speed so as to rapidly cool and solidify the metal to form the ribbon, separating the ribbon from the quench roll and conveying the same to a take-up device. A compressed gas is blown tangent to the quench roll to separate the ribbon from the quench roll. The separated ribbon is sucked and caught by a suction conveyor which runs at a velocity greater than the speed of production of the thin meal ribbon thereby imparting tension to the ribbon.