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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2012
Gerald Eckerstorfer, Leonding, AT;
Gerald Hohenbichler, Kronstorf, AT;
Bernd Linzer, Leombach, AT;
Abstract
A process and an apparatus for preparing steel stock before hot rolling. The steps of preheating the stock () in a first induction furnace () so that the preheated stock enters a subsequent descaling apparatus () with a surface temperature of T≧1000° C.; descaling the preheated stock by a plurality of water jets in a descaling apparatus (); direct subsequent heating of the descaled stock in a second induction furnace (), where the descaled stock enters the second induction furnace () at a temperature Twhich is ≧Tof the stock and heating in the second induction furnaceis either in a largely inert or largely reducing protective gas atmosphere; passing the heated stock in a rolling mill (), where the heated stock enters the rolling mill () at a temperature 1220° C.≧T1050° C.