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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2005
Andreas Flick, Linz, AT;
Andreas Schweighofer, Linz, AT;
Markus Brummayer, Aschach, AT;
Gerald Hohenbichler, Kronstorf, AT;
Gerald Eckerstorfer, Linz, AT;
Andreas Flick, Linz, AT;
Andreas Schweighofer, Linz, AT;
Markus Brummayer, Aschach, AT;
Gerald Hohenbichler, Kronstorf, AT;
Gerald Eckerstorfer, Linz, AT;
Abstract
Processes for continuous production of a thin metal strip, in particular a steel hot strip, directly from a metal melt and with a strip cast thickness of <10 mm by the roll-casting process. The cast metal strip is fed for in-line thickness reduction, and then to a storage device. To achieve a high-quality, hot-rolled metal strip with flatness tolerances comparable to those which can currently be achieved in the production of hot-rolled metal strip from continuous-cast thin slabs or slabs, at cast thicknesses of between 40 and 300 mm, in a continuous production process starting directly from metal melt. With the low strip cast thickness, a flatness measurement is performed on the moving metal strip, and the measurement results of this flatness measurement are used to influence the flatness of the metal strip in a targeted way.