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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2004
Akio Fujibayashi, Fukuyama, JP;
Sadanori Imada, Fukuyama, JP;
Yoshimichi Hino, Fukuyama, JP;
Toru Minote, Fukuyama, JP;
Yoichi Motoyashiki, Fukuyama, JP;
Shozo Ikemune, Fukuyama, JP;
Akio Fujibayashi, Fukuyama, JP;
Sadanori Imada, Fukuyama, JP;
Yoshimichi Hino, Fukuyama, JP;
Toru Minote, Fukuyama, JP;
Yoichi Motoyashiki, Fukuyama, JP;
Shozo Ikemune, Fukuyama, JP;
JFE Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for cooling a hot rolled steel strip comprising a transfer means arranged behind a final finishing mill, the transfer means comprising a plurality of transfer rolls for transferring the steel strip; at least one upper surface cooling means arranged at an upper surface side of the transfer means for cooling the steel strip by ejecting cooling water to an upper surface of the steel strip, the upper surface cooling means being capable of moving freely up and down and having a water breaking means at least at an outlet side of the cooling apparatus and at a position corresponding to the transfer rolls; and at least one lower surface cooling means arranged at a lower surface side of the transfer means relative to the upper surface cooling means and the steel strip to be transferred, for cooling the hot strip by ejecting cooling water at a lower surface of the steel strip.