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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilfried Bald, Hilchenbach, DE;
Dieter Rosenthal, Niederfischbach, DE;
Assignee:
SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft, Düsseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 2/500 ;
Abstract
A hot-rolling mill for flat products with at least two continuous casting units, wherein the continuous casting units are followed by a shear each and a tunnel furnace with transfer car each, a common breaking-down train, a finishing train, a cooling stretch and at least one reeling device. A connecting device is arranged between the tunnel furnaces and the breaking-down train for connecting the continuously cast slabs which have been cut into the desired coil weights.