EP2540407A4 - Steel plate cooling system and steel plate cooling method - Google Patents

Steel plate cooling system and steel plate cooling method

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Publication number: EP2540407A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: steel plate; plate cooling; cooling system; cooling method; steel
Prior art date: 2010-07-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP20110809748

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP2540407A1 (en

EP2540407B1 (en

Inventor

Ryuji Yamamoto

Yoshihiro Serizawa

Tomoya Oda

Naonori Kawamura

Naotaka Tawara

Hidetaka Agario

Kenichi Ogawa

Kouji Shutou

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Nippon Steel Corp

Original Assignee

Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

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2010-07-22

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2011-07-22

Publication date

2013-11-13

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2011-07-22 Application filed by Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp filed Critical Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp

2013-01-02 Publication of EP2540407A1 publication Critical patent/EP2540407A1/en

2013-11-13 Publication of EP2540407A4 publication Critical patent/EP2540407A4/en

2016-01-20 Application granted granted Critical

2016-01-20 Publication of EP2540407B1 publication Critical patent/EP2540407B1/en

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2031-07-22 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
- B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
- B21B45/0203—Cooling
- B21B45/0209—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants
- B21B45/0215—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
- B21B45/0233—Spray nozzles, Nozzle headers; Spray systems
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
- B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
- B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
- B21B45/0203—Cooling
- B21B45/0209—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants
- B21B45/0215—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
- B21B45/0218—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes for strips, sheets, or plates

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Heat Treatment Of Strip Materials And Filament Materials (AREA)
Heat Treatments In General, Especially Conveying And Cooling (AREA)

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Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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JP2010164522		2010-07-22
JP2010234715		2010-10-19
PCT/JP2011/066742 WO2012011578A1 (en)	2010-07-22	2011-07-22	Steel plate cooling system and steel plate cooling method

Publications (3)

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EP2540407A1 EP2540407A1 (en)	2013-01-02
EP2540407A4 true EP2540407A4 (en)	2013-11-13
EP2540407B1 EP2540407B1 (en)	2016-01-20

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EP (1)	EP2540407B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP4903920B1 (en)
KR (1)	KR101266736B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN102834193B (en)
BR (1)	BR112012024915B1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2012011578A1 (en)

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