IP Library Granted Patent US 9,486,847
Granted Patent B2
US 9,486,847 · App. 14/131,028 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

Cooling apparatus, and manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method of hot-rolled steel sheet

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Patent No.
US 9,486,847
App. No.
14/131,028
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a cooling apparatus discharging water smoothly corresponding to increase of volume density of cooling water securing a high cooling capability. The apparatus disposed on downstream side from a row of hot finish rolling mill, supplying cooling water from above toward a pass line, includes a plurality of cooling nozzles arranged parallel in a pass line direction, and an upper surface guide disposed between the pass line and the cooling nozzles, wherein a predetermined relation is satisfied when defining: a volume density of cooling water sprayed as q m (m 3 /(m 2 ·sec)); a pitch of the cooling nozzle in the pass line direction as L(m); a distance between a lower surface of the upper surface guide and the pass line as h p (m); a uniform cooling width as W u (m); and a cross-sectional area of virtual flow path of discharging water flowing in a width direction of steel sheet as S(m 2 ).

Claims (43)

1. A cooling apparatus disposed on a downstream side from a row of hot finish rolling mills, capable of supplying cooling water from above a pass line toward the pass line, the cooling apparatus comprising:

a plurality of cooling nozzles arranged parallel to a direction of the pass line; and

an upper surface guide disposed between the pass line and the cooling nozzles,

wherein each cooling nozzle of the plurality of cooling nozzles can spray cooling water with a cooling water volume density of 0.16 (m3/(m2·sec)) or more, and when the cooling water volume density of water to be sprayed is defined as qm (m3/(m2·sec)), a pitch of the cooling nozzle in a pass line direction is defined as L (m), a distance between a lower surface of the upper surface guide and the pass line is defined as hp (m), a uniform cooling width is defined as Wu (m), and a cross-sectional area of virtual flow path of discharging water flowing in a width direction of steel sheet per pitch of the cooling nozzle in the pass line direction is defined as S (m2), following relation is satisfied

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2. The cooling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the upper surface guide has a configuration in which a distance between the pass line and the upper surface guide changes in the pass line direction; and a corresponding height hp' of the upper surface guide is applied instead of the distance hp.

3. The cooling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least either one of the upper surface guide or the cooling nozzle can move in top and bottom direction.

4. A manufacturing apparatus of a hot-rolled steel sheet comprising: a row of hot finish rolling mills; and the cooling apparatus according to claim 1 disposed on a downstream side from the row of hot finish rolling mills, wherein an end portion on upstream side of the cooling apparatus is disposed inside a final stand in the row of hot finish rolling mills.

5. A manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet comprising a step to supply cooling water to at least an upper surface of a steel sheet after final rolling to thereby cool the steel sheet using a cooling apparatus disposed on a downstream side from a row of hot finish rolling mills,

wherein following relationship is satisfied when a volume density of cooling water from a cooling nozzle provided to the cooling apparatus is defined as qa (m3/(m2·sec)) that is 0.16(m3/(m2·sec)) or more, a pitch of the cooling nozzle in a sheet passing direction is defined as L (m), a distance between a lower surface of an upper surface guide provided to the cooling apparatus and an upper surface of the steel sheet to be passed is defined as ha (m), a width of the steel sheet to be passed is defined as Wa (m), and a cross-sectional area of virtual flow path of discharging water flowing in a width direction of steel sheet per pitch of the cooling nozzle in the sheet passing direction is defined as Sa (m2).

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6. The manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein a corresponding height ha' of the upper surface guide is applied instead of the distance ha when the upper surface guide has a configuration in which a distance between the steel sheet and the upper surface guide changes in the sheet passing direction.

7. The manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein at least either one of the upper surface guide or the cooling nozzle can move in top and bottom direction.

8. The manufacturing method of a hot-rolled steel sheet according to claim 5 , wherein an end portion on upstream side of the cooling apparatus is disposed inside a final stand in the row of hot finish rolling mills.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2019
From: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
To: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049257/0828 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
To: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036325/0545 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2014
From: KOBAYASHI, KAZUAKI; HOSHO, TOMOFUMI; MATSUDA, KEISUKE; HARAGUCHI, YOICHI; IKEMOTO, YUJI; HORII, KENJI
To: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION; MITSUBISHI-HITACHI METALS MACHINERY, INC.
Reel/Frame 031895/0242 →