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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie S.a., Seraing, BE;
Michel Dubois, Boncelles, BE;
Brice Van Houtte, Embourg, BE;
Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie S.A., Seraing, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an installation for the hot-dip coating of a metal strip () with a liquid metal, comprising a pot () containing a bath of liquid metal, an immersed sink roll () for deflecting the strip entering the bath to a vertical exit path and at least one additional roll () for controlling the strip flatness, the axes of said sink and additional rolls () being supported by arms () connected to a main metal frame (A) itself connected to a base on each side of the pot by means of supports (), characterized in that the metal frame is a double beam made of a removable beam (A) connected to an intermediate beam () itself anchored to the base by the supports ().