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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Acciai Speciali S.p.A., Terni, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 8/00 ; C21D 9/52 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 8/00 ; C21D 9/52 ;
Abstract
In the thermal treatment of continuous-cast or hot-rolled steel strip, by using particular solutions regarding the choice of the strip rolling temperatures, the transfer times from the coiler to the furnace, as well as specific process steps in annealing, it is possible to treat any type of steel by sending the coils of strip, still at a high temperature, directly to the annealing furnace, at the same time maintaining the mechanical and microstructural characteristics obtainable in traditional cold-strip annealing.