EP1025918A3 - Procédé et installation pour former une bande métallique - Google Patents

Procédé et installation pour former une bande métallique Download PDF

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EP1025918A3
EP1025918A3 EP00100943A EP00100943A EP1025918A3 EP 1025918 A3 EP1025918 A3 EP 1025918A3 EP 00100943 A EP00100943 A EP 00100943A EP 00100943 A EP00100943 A EP 00100943A EP 1025918 A3 EP1025918 A3 EP 1025918A3
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Jürgen Seidel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B37/00—Control devices or methods specially adapted for metal-rolling mills or the work produced thereby
    • B21B37/28—Control of flatness or profile during rolling of strip, sheets or plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
    • B21B1/22—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
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    • B21B1/22—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length
    • B21B1/24—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous or semi-continuous process
    • B21B1/26—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling plates, strips, bands or sheets of indefinite length in a continuous or semi-continuous process by hot-rolling, e.g. Steckel hot mill
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B39/00—Arrangements for moving, supporting, or positioning work, or controlling its movement, combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B39/006—Pinch roll sets
    • 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
    • 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
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • 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
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Metal Rolling (AREA)
  • Straightening Metal Sheet-Like Bodies (AREA)
  • Control Of Metal Rolling (AREA)
  • Physical Vapour Deposition (AREA)
EP00100943A 1999-02-01 2000-01-19 Procédé et installation pour former une bande métallique Expired - Lifetime EP1025918B1 (fr)

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DE19903926A DE19903926A1 (de) 1999-02-01 1999-02-01 Verfahren und Anlage zum Umformen von Metallband
DE19903926 1999-02-01

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EP1025918A2 EP1025918A2 (fr) 2000-08-09
EP1025918A3 true EP1025918A3 (fr) 2003-09-17
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EP (1) EP1025918B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP4712149B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE293017T1 (fr)
BR (1) BR0000229A (fr)
CA (1) CA2297519C (fr)
DE (2) DE19903926A1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2239943T3 (fr)

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DE102017212529A1 (de) 2017-07-20 2019-01-24 Sms Group Gmbh Verfahren zur Herstellung eines metallischen Bandes
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US4653303A (en) * 1984-08-02 1987-03-31 Cegedur Societe De Transformation De L'aluminium Pechiney Apparatus for continuously brushing and lubricating rolls of rolling mills for flat rolled products
EP0306076A1 (fr) * 1987-09-01 1989-03-08 Hoogovens Groep B.V. Fabrication de bandes d'acier formables
US5329688A (en) * 1990-07-09 1994-07-19 Giovanni Arvedi Process and plant for obtaining steel strip coils having cold-rolled characteristics and directly obtained in a hot-rolling line
US5771731A (en) * 1995-08-25 1998-06-30 Sms Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft Hot strip production plant for ferritic rolling and method of producing ferritic rolled strip

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DE19903926A1 (de) 2000-08-03
CA2297519C (fr) 2006-10-03
JP4712149B2 (ja) 2011-06-29
EP1025918A2 (fr) 2000-08-09
CA2297519A1 (fr) 2000-08-01
ATE293017T1 (de) 2005-04-15
ES2239943T3 (es) 2005-10-16
EP1025918B1 (fr) 2005-04-13
JP2000218302A (ja) 2000-08-08
BR0000229A (pt) 2000-09-05
DE50010022D1 (de) 2005-05-19

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