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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Shigeru Isoyama, Chiba, JP;
Takeshi Hirabayashi, Chiba, JP;
Hideyuki Nikaido, Chiba, JP;
Toshiaki Amagasa, Chiba, JP;
Nozomu Tamura, Chiba, JP;
Takahiro Yamasaki, Chiba, JP;
Masashi Osada, Chiba, JP;
Hirosuke Yamada, Chiba, JP;
Toshisada Takechi, Chiba, JP;
Norio Takashima, Chiba, JP;
Junzo Nitta, Chiba, JP;
Shuji Amanuma, Chiba, JP;
Kanji Hayashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Akio Kuroda, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshiki Mito, Hiroshima, JP;
Kunio Miyamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuo Morimoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Ikuo Wakamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuya Tsurusaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Hideo Sakamoto, Amagasaki, JP;
Michio Hashimoto, Amagasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakano, Amagasaki, JP;
Toshinobu Eguchi, Amagasaki, JP;
Fumihiro Maeda, Amagasaki, JP;
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for joining metal pieces wherein the rear end of a preceding metal piece and a front end of a metal piece are heated and then pressed together prior to hot finished rolling. The temperature the ends of the metal pieces are heated to is a temperature range between the solidus and liquidus line temperatures of the metal(s) to be joined.