Abstract:
Gas wiping apparatus and method can reliably prevent edge overcoat and splash, and has face gas wiping nozzles extending widthwise of a strip material, a pair of baffle plates spaced from an edge of the strip material, an edge wiping nozzle disposed between baffle plates at its inner edge and adjacent the strip material edge, all with critical spacings relative to each other.
Abstract:
A shielding apparatus for intercepting heat from a heating source disposed in a vertical continuous annealing furnace includes a double-walled tube having an outside atmosphere suction port projected horizontally or downward to be exposed to an outside atmosphere, and an exhaust port projected upward to be exposed to the outside atmosphere.
Abstract:
A roll that can be disposed before and/or after a quenching zone of a continuous annealing furnace is provided. The roll has a predetermined profile satisfying Lcnull0.7nullWmin; Rnullnull0.1null10null3 to null0.2null10null3; and TRnull20, wherein Lc represents the length (mm) of a flat portion in the center of the roll, Wmin represents the minimum width (mm) of a steel strip, R represents the inclination of tapered portions disposed at two sides of the roll, and TR represents the radius of curvature (m) of boundaries between the flat portion and the tapered portions. The roll can be used as a hearth roll and/or a bridle roll disposed at the entry side and/or the exit side of the quenching zone.
Abstract:
An apparatus installed in a molten metal plating line includes a blade pressed against a roll dipped in a molten metal plating bath, in which a metal strip travels. The apparatus removes substances deposited on a surface of the roll. The apparatus also includes an arm for supporting the blade, and a screw member disposed above the plating bath so as to traverse it and moving along an axis of the roll in the bath for removing substances deposited on the roll in the molten metal plating bath. Floats and/or weights are mounted on the arm so as to adjust a press force of the blade applied to the roll in the molten metal plating bath. A method for preventing the occurrence of dents on a molten-metal-plated steel strip using the apparatus is also disclosed.