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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284593 | Method and device for evacuating drainage water in the inner arc of beam blank casting machines The invention relates to a method for collecting and evacuating run-off water from the inner arc of the strand guide (8) of a beam blank casting machine, according to which the cast strand (2) is solidified and the required dissipation of heat is achie... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7192484 | Advanced coating apparatus and method A coating apparatus for coating a rollable device including a device rotator having a pair of rollers and spray nozzle is described. The spray nozzle produces a spray of coating material that is directed towards a gap that is between the rollers of the pair. The maj... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7040379 | Method and apparatus for the regulation of strip temperature in a continuous metallic strip casting plant A method, and the related implementation device, for the regulation of strip temperature in a continuous metallic strip casting plant, wherein such temperature regulation begins on the strip whilst under the casting equipment and at a certain distance from it, and t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011140 | Gas enhanced controlled cooling ingot mold A cooling mechanism for a casting apparatus having a mold that includes sides, a bottom, and a top defining a cavity. The cooling mechanism allows for simultaneous injection of liquid and gas onto a cast ingot therefore providing a lower minimum operation liquid flo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6920912 | Casting steel strip Roll caster (11) produces thin steel strip (12) formed on casting surfaces (22A) of casting roll (22) that passes through first enclosure (37) adjacent casting roll surfaces (22A) and, optionally, thereafter second enclosure... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6892794 | Method and device for continuous casting and subsequent forming of a steel billet, especially a billet in the form of an ingot or a preliminary section The secondary cooling and the strand support are matched to the cooling state of a continuously cast strand cross section. The secondary cooling and support are reduced in dependence upon the solidification profile of the cast strand along the distance traveled.... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883584 | Method for continuously casting a steel beam blank A method for producing a steel beam blank includes continuously casting a steel beam blank strand and cooling the steel beam blank strand in a secondary cooling zone. The steel beam blank strand is guided in a vertical casting plane along a curved path having its we... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880616 | Method and device for making a metal strand A method and device for producing a strand of metal by means of a continuous-casting installation which has at least one cooling device for cooling the strand, the cooling device being assigned at least one reduction stand for reducing the thickness of the strand, t... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6739384 | Method of continuously casting electrical steel strip with controlled spray cooling A method for continuously casting grain oriented electrical steel is disclosed. This method utilizes a controlled rapid cooling step, such as one using a water spray, to control the grain orientation in the finished product. The product formed not only has the appro... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6631753 | Clean melt nucleated casting systems and methods with cooling of the casting A casting system and method for producing a metal casting is provided. The metal casting can comprise a fine-grain, homogeneous microstructure that is essentially oxide- and sulfide-free, segregation defect free, and essentially free of voids caused by ai... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6557622 | Differential quench method and apparatus Surface defects in rolled steel are remedied by quenching a surface layer of the steel product downstream of the caster and upstream of the reheat furnace by transversely differentiated quenching to match the transverse temperature profile of the steel pr... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6508298 | Method and apparatus for preventing undesirable cooling of the strip edge areas of a cast strand A method and an apparatus for preventing undesirable intensive cooling particularly of the strip edge areas of a cast strand resulting from running water emerging from the bottom opening of a secondary cooling chamber, wherein high-energy spray jets of a ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6470959 | Control of heat flux in continuous metal casters A process of casting a molten metal to form a cast metal strip ingot while controlling heat flux from the cast metal. The process comprises continuously supplying molten metal to a casting cavity formed between a pair of moving continuous casting surfaces... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471796 | Method and apparatus for continuous casting of aluminum bearing alloy In a continuous casting of a molten aluminum bearing alloy, a casting space is defined between substantially parallel opposed portions of a pair of traveling endless belts and the molten aluminum bearing alloy is supplied into the casting space to be cont... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6427752 | Casting systems and methods with auxiliary cooling onto a liquidus portion of a casting A casting system with auxiliary cooling onto a liquidus portion of the casting can produce a metal casting that comprises a fine-grain, homogeneous microstructure. The microstructure is essentially oxide- and sulfide-free, segregation defect free, and ess... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6321829 | Billet continuous casting machine and casting method A billet continuous casting machine comprises, and a billet continuous casting method uses, a jacket for cooling an outer wall of a quadrangular tubular mold with cooling water, electromagnetic brakes disposed outside the mold for decelerating the flow sp... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6250370 | Method for water-cooling hot metal slabs Water-cooling slabs by dipping to yield steel sheets with a minimum of scabs and uneven gloss, with their larger faces upside and underside, by water injection at a flow rate of 10-150 L/m2.multidot.min perpendicular or oblique to the underside... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6158498 | Casting of molten metal in an open ended mold cavity When the starter block commences reciprocating along the axis of an open ended mold cavity, with a body of start up material in tandem with it, successive layers of molten metal are relatively superimposed on the body of start up material, and layers ther... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6024161 | Billet continuous casting machine A billet continuous casting machine comprises, a jacket for cooling an outer wall of a quadrangular tubular mold with cooling water, electromagnetic brakes disposed outside the mold and decelerating the flow of poured molten metal in the mold, an X ray-ba... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5915457 | Method for operating a continuous casting plant A process for operating a continuous casting plant with a continuous casting machine that has a stationary mold and is connected via a roller table to an equalizing furnace. After establishment of the slab format at the mold outlet, at least the casting p... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5871040 | Process for continuously casting thin slabs In producing thin slabs by continuous casting, a method is developed in which internal defects are reduced to improve a production yield. Narrow sides of cast slabs are cooled in a controlled manner to produce cast slabs having a projection in a center of... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5836377 | Process and device for cooling molten steel A process for cooling molten steel, in particular by continuous casting of hoop-steel. At least part of the molten mass that leaves a metallurgical vessel through a metal nozzle solidifies when contacting a cooling surface. A gaseous stream that forms a r... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5720335 | Twin roll continuous caster To suppress generation of scales on surfaces of a strip and to reduce the amount of non-oxidising gas consumed in the casting of strip in a twin roll caster there is provided downstream apparatus comprising pinch rolls 17a and 17b for pinching a strip 4 c... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5705077 | Method of controlling fluoride scale formation in aqueous systems A method of treating water to inhibit the formation of fluoride salt scale is disclosed. The method is particularly effective at inhibiting the formation and deposition of fluoride containing salts in spray water cooling systems such as steel casting syst... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5634512 | Method and apparatus for casting and thermal surface treatment Method for thermal surface treatment in line in a continuous casting machine associated with furnaces to heat hot-charge blooms, the method being applied to fine-grain structural steels and being suitable to obviate the precipitation of compounds of alumi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5630467 | Thin slab continuous casting machine and method Guide roller units are made movable back and forth in the direction of thickness of a slab, allowing slab lagging covers to be inserted to and withdrawn from gaps formed between the guide roller units and the slab. Depending on the casting speed, those on... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5573056 | Process and device for producing metal strip and laminates A stream of overheated metal melt is applied from a container through a pouring nozzle as a closed jet, or in such a way as to be split up into drops by a gaseous medium, at a pouring point, to the inner surface of a strip coil or composite body also rota... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5452756 | Cooling method of continous casting A cooling mold having first and second water cooling jackets which are provided inside the mold, a primary cooling water jetting mouth which is located at a distance of 15 to 40 mm from a meniscus of the molten metal, and a secondary cooling water jetting... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5339887 | Process for production of steel strip A continuously cast steel strip which consists of a solidified casting shell and a liquid core is reduced in thickness in a roll deformation and is then rolled. In order to avoid undesired fluctuations in thickness, to improve the structure and to simplif... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5311925 | Magnesium hydroxide to prevent corrosion caused by water spray in continuous casting Magnesium hydroxide is added to aqueous sprays used in the cooling of steel produced by continuous casting to reduce the corrosion of ferrous metals in contact with these sprays. The magnesium hydroxide when added to aqueous sprays used in the cooling of ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5251687 | Casting of metal strip A method of casting metal wherein molten metal is deposited on a moving planar substrate to form a strip thereon. The strip is removed from the moving substrate onto an open mesh support prior to the strip becoming completely solidified throughout its thi... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5240066 | Method of casting amorphous and microcrystalline microwires A method for preparing glass-coated microwires is provided. A metal in a glass tube is superheated in a high frequency induction field, whereby the glass tube softens. A thin capillary tube is drawn from the softened glass and the glass tube fills with mo... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5201363 | Method and device for manufacturing a semi-ferritic stainless steel strip from molten metal The method comprises effecting the solidification of the metal in a continuous casting ingot mould constituted by two cooled rolls (2) rotating in opposite directions and disposed in confronting relation so as to define a casting space therebetween, conti... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5085264 | Process for adjusting the secondary cooling of a machine for continuous casting of metal products Process for secondary cooling of a metal product continuously cast on a machine in which secondary cooling is divided into n staggered independent zones, within which the flow of cooling fluid varies according to the speed of the product. An undesired cha... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5074353 | Method for horizontal continuous casting of metal strip and apparatus therefor Disclosed is a method for horizontal continuous casting of a metal strip cast product having a unidirectionally solidified structure elongated in the direction of casting, comprising the steps of supplying a molten casting metal into a hot mold having a s... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5063991 | Process for cooling a continuously cast metal product Energetic cooling of the product is performed during continuous casting when, at the core, the product is in a phase of pasty solidification so that the differential thermal contraction between the mushy core and the already completely solidified outer sh... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5030296 | Process for production of Cr-Ni type stainless steel sheet having excellent surface properties and material quality A process in which a cast strip of Cr-Ni type stainless steel having a thickness close to a product thickness is prepared by the synchronous continuous casting. By subjecting the cast strip just below the casting machine to rapid cooling in the high-tempe... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4962807 | Continuous of semi-continuous casting apparatus for casting metallic materials A continuous or semi-continuous casting apparatus of the direct chill type for casting metallic materials, particularily recctangular ingots of aluminium, includes a mold which has an open inlet for the filling of molten metal into a mold cavity having an... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4951734 | Process for the production of a steel strip A steel strand having a thickness of 40 to 50 mm in cast in an oscillating mold for continuous casting at a speed of 2 to 20 m/min. The not yet completely solidified steel strand emerging from the mold is squeezed to such an extent that the inner walls of... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4947925 | Means and technique for forming the cavity of an open-ended mold The mold is equipped with a casting ring 6 which is formed by clamping together four generally rectilinear wall segments 8 that are, first, arranged like the sides of a picture frame about the rabbet 52 of a rectangular case 10, and then abutted together,... | 08/14/1990 |
