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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A., Buttrio, IT;
Abstract
Method and device to control the axial position of slabs emerging from continuous casting applied in rolling plants comprising at least a casting machine ( ), a heating and/or temperature maintenance furnace ( ) and a roughing and prefinishing ( ) or finishing train ( ) comprising at least one rolling stand ( ), the method serving to align the axis ( ) of a slab ( ) entering the furnace ( ) with the axis ( ) of the first rolling stand ( ), the method providing to control the axial position of the slab ( ) and to activate at least a thruster element ( ) able to be introduced inside the furnace ( ) to act on the edge of the slab ( ) and displace it laterally according to a measured discrepancy between the axis ( ) of the slab ( ) and the axis ( ) of the rolling stand ( ), wherein the thruster element ( ) has a contact element ( ) able to cooperate with the edge of the slab ( ) advancing inside the furnace ( ).