Abstract: A method of cooling strip or wire products in which, subsequent to being annealed, the product is cooled to a temperature of about 20-50° C. below its oxidation temperature. The product is wound around a drum immediately downstream of an annealing path so that the product lies in mutually juxtaposed turns on the drum. It is thereafter unwound from the drum after a number of turns. The number of turns is such that the product is cooled to a desired temperature. The drum has a diameter that exceeds the diameter at which the product will be influenced mechanically by plastic deformation.

Abstract: An apparatus for thermally processing a microelectronic workpiece comprises a rotatable carousel assembly configured to support at least one workpiece. A driver is coupled to the carousel assembly and rotates the carousel assembly, moving the workpiece between a loading station, a heating station and a cooling station. The loading, heating and cooling stations are radially positioned about a center axis of the carousel assembly. The heating station includes a heating element and an actuator for moving the heating element into thermal engagement with the workpiece in the heating station. The cooling station includes a cooling element and an actuator for moving the cooling element into thermal engagement with the workpiece in the cooling station. A process fluid distribution manifold for delivering process fluid to the workpieces at each station extends through a central opening in the carousel assembly.

Abstract: In order to cool a metal strip (2) which moves in a continuous manner: the strip (2) is pressed onto a main cooling roller (10) so that the strip forms an arc whose inner face delimits, with the outer face of this roller, a contact zone which is suitable for discharging part of the heat of the strip towards the inner side of the roller, the strip (2) is held in contact with the main cooling roller (10) by means of a support roller (14) on the outer face of the strip, which roller is constituted by a resiliently deformable and thermo-capacitive material, and the heat transmitted from the strip (2) to the support roller (14) is discharged using secondary cooling means (16).

Abstract: A plant for the continuous heat treatment of steel strips (4) or the like has a nonmagnetic insulated housing (1), in which two axially parallel unheated rollers (2, 3) are disposed at a distance from each other. To the first roller (2), the steel strip (4) or the like is supplied, which is then wound around the second roller (3) and as a secondary winding gets back to the first roller (2) through a transformer plate assembly (7) and is discharged from said second roller. The primary winding (10) with a corresponding number of turns is disposed outside the housing (1). The housing (1) is filled with a protective gas and has means (11, 12) to ensure a uniform temperature level and distribution in the housing (1).

Abstract: Process and device (1) for the heat treatment of at least one metal wire using capstans (2, 3) characterized by the following features: (a) the wire (4) is brought around at least two capstans (2, 3) which conduct the heat and which include recesses (11). The wire (4) is reeved and crossed in said recesses (11), the width of the recesses (11) being slightly greater than that of the wire (4); (b) the capstans (2, 3) are heated or cooled by means of at least one gas (27), which passes between the capstans and a part which is in contact with a heat exchanging fluid; (c) the thickness of the gas layer is chosen according to the heat treatment to be applied. Installations for the heat treatment of metal wires (4) include at least one device (1), metal wires (4) treated by the process and/or the device (1), and/or the installations according to the invention, as well as items reinforced by said wires (4), in particular tire treads.

Abstract: In the manufacture of formable steel strip having a thickness between 0.5 and 1.5 mm, the following process steps are performed sequentially in a continuous process:(a) in a continuous casting machine forming liquid steel into a hot slab having a thickness of less than 100 mm,(b) hot rolling the hot slab from step (a), in the austenitic region and below 1100.degree. C., to form strip having a thickness of between 2 and 5 mm,(c) cooling the strip from step (b) to a temperature between 300.degree. C. and the temperature T.sub.t at which 75% of the steel is converted to ferrite,(d) rolling the cooled strip from step (c) at said temperature between 300.degree. C. and T.sub.t with a thickness reduction of at least 25% at a rolling speed not more than 1000 m/min.,(e) coiling the rolled strip from step (d).

Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of cooling wire after it has been annealed comprising a cooling wheel which acts as a pulley for the wire downstream of the annealing apparatus, the rotatable cooling wheel having a hollow hub with a metal channel on its outside in which channel the heated wire is wrapped, the wire being cooled by the heat transfer through the metal channel wall to circulating water inside the hub, the water inside the hub kept circulating by a pair of flow passageways into and out of the hub cavity as well as by a stationary scrubber in the hub cavity which prevents the water from stagnating against the sides of the channel.

Abstract: This invention relates to a continuously treating line for a steel band, having a heating furnace by directly flaming. For heating the steel band with causing reduction, the heating furnace of directly flaming system is provided with a plurality of heating burners of reduction system which may form non-equilibrium range of the air and the fuel in a flame, that is, a reduction range, wherein the heating burners are positioned at predetermined arrangement with respect to the steel band and at a certain pitch predetermined in relation with an inner diameter of the burner in a line running direction.The treating line has said heating furnace constructed as mentioned above and a subsequent atmosphere furnace, and said atmosphere furnace may be provided with a sealing chamber having various means for avoiding invasion of the outer air.

Abstract: In a cooling zone of a continuous annealing line engineered to continuously process longitudinally travelling steel strip, the strip is first slowly cooled to a desired temperature at a rate of not higher than 20.degree. C./sec. by means of a jet stream of cooling gas ejected against the surface of the strip and subsequently quenched to a desired temperature at a rate of not lower than 70.degree. C./sec. Thinner strip is quenched by high-speed gas-jet cooling that is effected by ejecting a jet stream of cooling gas against its surface, while heavier strip is quenched by bringing it into contact with the perimeter of cooling rolls cooled by a coolant. Namely, quenching is achieved either by high-speed gas-jet cooling or roll cooling depending on the thickness of the strip being processed.

Abstract: A steel strip heated to a temperature above a recrystallization temperature is passed through a cooling unit including a plurality of cooling rollers cooled by cooling water flowing through the interior thereof. The steel strip is caused to pass alternately about upper and lower surfaces of the cooling rollers. By raising and lowering alternate cooling rollers, the contact angle and therefore the contact area, i.e., the contact time between the strip and the cooling rollers is varied to change the cooling rate. When the cooling rollers are separated from the strip. Cooling water is filled into the cooling unit to directly cool the strip. Cooling gas may be ejected against the strip before it enters into the cooling unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously producing a high strength dual-phase steel strip or sheet having a chemical composition which produces a dual-phase structure composed of ferrite grains and a low temperature transformed phase when rapidly cooled from the (.alpha.+.gamma.) temperature range or from the .gamma. temperature range. The apparatus has a continuous heat treatment furnace in which the strip moves vertically and which is composed of a heating zone, a soaking zone and a cooling zone, and conventional equipment associated therewith. The cooling zone has an upper hearth roll group, a lower hearth roll group and cooling equipment for cooling the strip at a rate in the range between 1.degree. and 300.degree. C./sec. for retaining the austenite in the steel of the strip.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for heat treating metal sheet, comprising water-cooled cooling rolls (VII', VII"), a transportation channel (17) filled with protective gas, and a heating coil chamber (19) for a high-frequency coil (20,21).