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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rolf Stodt, Kaarst, DE;
Assignee:
SMS Schloemann-Siemeg AG, Düsseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B 2/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B 2/706 ;
Abstract
A method of cooling a rolled stock and including providing a cooling bed having entrance, middle, and end sections, transporting the rolled stock along the cooling bed in a direction transverse to the rolled stock longitudinal axis, air-cooling of the rolled stock in the entrance section of the cooling bed, spray-cooling of the rolled stock in the middle section of the cooling bed by spraying water onto the rolled stock, and air-cooling and air-drying of the rolled stock in the end section of the cooling bed.