IP Library Granted Patent US 8,943,868
Granted Patent B2
US 8,943,868 · App. 12/811,161 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Method of cold-rolling steel sheet and cold-rolling facility

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,943,868
App. No.
12/811,161
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In cold-rolling a steel sheet coil, when a tail end portion of a steel sheet coil ( 7 ) is wound around a tension reel ( 3 ) prior to second-pass rolling after the completion of first-pass rolling, the tail end portion is heated to a temperature within a range of not lower than 50° C. nor higher 350° C. with a heater disposed between a rolling stand ( 1 ) and the coil tail end-side tension reel ( 3 ).

Claims (12)

1. A cold-rolling facility for cold-rolling a steel sheet coil comprising:

a pay-off reel from which the steel sheet coil is uncoiled;

a single-stand reverse rolling mill;

a first tension reel on the opposite side of the reverse rolling mill from the pay-off reel;

a second tension reel on the same side of the reverse rolling mill as the pay-off reel;

a deflector roll disposed between the reverse rolling mill and the second tension reel, and

a heater disposed between the deflector roll and the second tension reel, and heating a tail end portion of the steel sheet coil.

2. The cold-rolling facility according to claim 1 , wherein the heater has a header unit jetting steam from a plurality of nozzles.

3. The cold-rolling facility according to claim 1 , wherein the heater is an electric heater.

4. The cold-rolling facility according to claim 1 , comprising a coil end guide disposed between the deflector roll and the second tension reel and including the heater.

5. The cold-rolling facility according to claim 2 , comprising a coil end guide disposed between the deflector roll and the second tension reel and including the heater.

6. The cold-rolling facility according to claim 3 , comprising a coil end guide disposed between the deflector roll and the second tension reel and including the heater.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 28, 2013
From: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029894/0749 →