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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Andrew Edward Dixon, Panania, AU;
Gary Mcquillis, Blytheville, AR (US);
Rama Ballav Mahapatra, Brighton-Le-Sands, AU;
Leigh Wolley, Coniston, AU;
Andrew Edward Dixon, Panania, AU;
Gary McQuillis, Blytheville, AR (US);
Rama Ballav Mahapatra, Brighton-Le-Sands, AU;
Leigh Wolley, Coniston, AU;
Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for continuously casting thin strip includes a caster having a pair of casting rolls having a nip there between capable of delivering cast strip downwardly from the nip and an first enclosure capable of forming a protective atmosphere into which the strip can be formed in loop to extend over a plurality of rollers into pinch rolls with the strip having a strain of less than 0.4%, which may be provided by a plurality of rollers at entry of the strip into the pinch rolls to carry the strip into the pinch rolls, with at least a first entry roller having a diameter between 200 and 650 millimeters and being below a majority of other rollers.