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20080276679 | Method for the Production of Hot-Rolled Steel Strip and Combined Casting and Rolling Plant for Carrying Out the Method - A method for the production of a hot-rolled steel strip from a steel melt in a continuous manufacturing process, with an uninterrupted strip runthrough, comprising continuously casting a steel strand in a continuous casting mold of a continuous casting plant, roll-forming the cast steel strand in a first group of roll stands into a pre-rolled hot strip, further roll-forming the pre-rolled hot strip in a second group of roll stands into a hot-rolled steel strip, setting the pre-rolled hot strip to a rolling temperature between the first group of roll stands and the second group of roll stands in a temperature setting device, and winding of the hot-rolled steel strip into bundles or the division of the hot-rolled steel strip into sheets. In order to increase flexibility in the production of different steel qualities and to keep investment costs and operating costs low, descaling the pre-rolled hot strip immediately before its entry into the temperature setting device, holding the pre-rolled hot strip in a protective gas atmosphere in the temperature setting device, and after the pre-rolled hot strip runs through the temperature setting device, roll-forming the strip immediately thereafter in the second group of roll stands. Further, a combined casting and rolling plant for carrying out the method is disclosed. | 11-13-2008 |
20090049882 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF A THIN METAL STRIP - Processes for continuous production of a thin metal strip, in particular a steel hot strip, directly from a metal melt and with a strip cast thickness of <10 mm by the roll-casting process. The cast metal strip is fed for in-line thickness reduction, and then to a storage device. To achieve a high-quality, hot-rolled metal strip with flatness tolerances comparable to those which can currently be achieved in the production of hot-rolled metal strip from continuous-cast thin slabs or slabs, at cast thicknesses of between 40 and 300 mm, in a continuous production process starting directly from metal melt. With the low strip cast thickness, a flatness measurement is performed on the moving metal strip, and the measurement results of this flatness measurement are used to influence the flatness of the metal strip in a targeted way. | 02-26-2009 |
20100018665 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A STEEL STRIP - A process for producing a strip-cast, low-carbon, partly Mn/Si killed steel strip which is largely free of cracks and surface defects from a steel melt having a sulfur content of between 20 and 300 ppm and an Mn/Si ratio ≧3.5, using a roll separating force of between 2 and 50 kN/m. | 01-28-2010 |
20100078146 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CAST STEEL STRIP - The invention relates to a method for producing a cast steel strip of preferably hot crack-sensitive or hot-brittle steel quality by means of a strip casting plant and to a strip casting plant for carrying out this method. In this case, steel melt is conducted into a melt space formed by two casting rolls and two sideplates, slab shells are formed in the melt space on cooled surface areas of the casting rolls and are brought together in the strip forming cross section between the casting rolls to form an at least partly solidified steel strip, the cast steel strip is then guided along the surface area of one of the two casting rolls from a vertical casting direction into an essentially horizontal transport direction, and the cast steel strip is supplied essentially horizontally on a transport device to a strip winding device and is wound there into a coil. In order in this case to minimize susceptibility to crack formation, the cast steel strip, during its transport movement along the surface area of one of the two casting rolls, is guided in a transport channel without the application of deformation forces influencing the strip thickness and is subjected in this region to strip cooling of less than 200 K/s. | 04-01-2010 |
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20120305212 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HOT-ROLLED STRIP FROM SILICON STEEL - A method and a combined casting/rolling installation for production/processing of high-quality hot-rolled strip into grain-oriented electrical steel strip at low cost, provides for: a) melting a steel having a chemical composition in wt % of Si 2 to 7%, C 0.01 to 0.1%, Mn<0.3%, Cu 0.1 to 0.7%, Sn<0.2%, S<0.05%, Al<0.09%, Cr<0.3%, N<0.02%, P<0.1%, remainder Fe and impurities; b) casting a strand having a thickness of 25 to 150 mm on a continuous casting installation; c) rolling into a strip in up to 4 rolling passes directly after casting the strand, wherein at least in one rolling pass a true strain is >30% or the total true strain of all passes is >50%; d) heating the strip to a final temperature of 1050 to 1250° C., preferably 1100 to 1180° C.; e) finish rolling the strip in a second rolling train, then f) cooling and winding the strip. | 12-06-2012 |
20130074557 | REDUCTION OF THE STRIP TENSION OF ROLLING STOCK BETWEEN TWO ROLLING UNITS TO A MINIMUM - A method for reducing the strip tension of a rolling stock, may include: transporting the rolling stock using a roller table between two successive rolling units, wherein a rolling stock loop is formed in a depression in a section of the roller table between the two rolling units, the rolling stock loop being supported by the roller table at least in one off-center portion of the section, wherein the supporting line of the roller table in this portion corresponds to the catenary curve of the free span; measuring a loop depth of the rolling stock loop; calculating a desired value of the loop depth that corresponds substantially to the free span, e.g., depending on the material, thickness and temperature of the rolling stock; controlling the main drives and/or the gap adjustment of the rolling units based on the desired value and the measured loop depth, such that the loop depth substantially corresponds to the desired value. | 03-28-2013 |
20130186588 | Energy and Yield-Optimized Method and Plant for Producing Hot Steel Strip - A method is disclosed for continuously or semi-continuously producing hot steel strip which, starting from a slab guided through a slab-guiding device, is rolled in, for example, an at least four-stand roughing train to form an intermediate strip and, in a further sequence in a finish rolling train, into a final strip. The thickness of a slab cast in a die is reduced in the liquid core reduction process by means of the adjoining slab-guiding device to between 85 and 120 mm, a slab support length measured between the meniscus, i.e., the bath level, of the die and an end of the slab-guiding device facing the roughing train being at least 18.5 m, a casting speed ranging from 3.8 to 7 m/min, and slabs of different thicknesses being cast as a function of given casting speeds. Using the disclosed casting parameters, high-quality finishing may be provided with high production capacities. | 07-25-2013 |
20130192790 | Method and Plant for the Energy-Efficient Production of Hot Steel Strip - A method is disclosed for continuously or semi-continuously producing hot steel strip which, starting from a slab guided through a slab-guiding device, is rolled in a roughing train having at least four-stands, the method comprising: casting a slab in a die, the slab being reduced to a thickness of between 60 and 95 mm in a liquid core reduction process by the adjoining slab-guiding device, a slab support length measured between the meniscus, i.e., the bath level, of the die and an end of the slab-guiding device facing the roughing train being between 12 m and 15.5 m, and a casting speed ranging from 3.8 to 7 m/min. The disclosed combination of casting parameters may ensure that the crater tip of the slab extends to the vicinity of the end of the slab-guiding device independently of the respective maximum casting speeds which are dependent on the particular grade of material. | 08-01-2013 |
20140096578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING STEEL STOCK BEFORE HOT ROLLING - A process and an apparatus for preparing steel stock before hot rolling. The steps of preheating the stock ( | 04-10-2014 |