摘要:
[Object] To provide a method for cooling a steel strip in a galvannealing furnace. The method performs mist cooling on a steel strip in a cooling zone of a galvannealing furnace and can achieve both productivity and quality. [Solution] The cooling method includes: by an adjusted cooling installation provided at an upstream side in a sheet-passing direction of the cooling installation, jetting mist to the steel strip passing through the cooling installation in a manner that an amount of mist jetted to the steel strip passing through the cooling installation is smaller in an edge portion in a width direction of the steel strip than in a center portion; by a mist suction installation provided at least at a downstream side in the sheet-passing direction of the cooling installation, sucking at least part of mist jetted to the steel strip; and cooling the steel strip at a sheet-passing speed such that, during a period between start and end of cooling of the steel strip, a temperature of the steel strip is within a film boiling temperature range and a temperature of the edge portion in the width direction of the steel strip is equal to or higher than a temperature of the center portion in at least a range of 2/3 or more from the upstream side in the sheet-passing direction of a total cooling length of the cooling installation.