Abstract: Line to cool wound bundles of rolled wire and rod, the diameter of the rolled stock processed on the line ranging from a few millimeters up to about 45 mm., the line comprising a head (12) to form coils of wire, a roller conveyor (13), a cooling tunnel (15), a reel (14) to collect coils and to form wound bundles of wire and a conveyor to discharge wound bundles of wire and rod, two Garrett-type reels (28) being included at the sides of the coil-forming head (12) coiling the wire.

Abstract: A system for processing steel strips in a hot strip mill includes an apparatus and method for removing the oxide layer in the finishing mill process such that the final thickness of the oxide layer is much less than previously possible. In order to reduce the thickness of the oxide layer, the invention provides for the removal of oxide scales from the surface of the steel strips at a distance in front of the working rolls of the finishing mill that minimizes the time the strip is exposed to ambient conditions after it is descaled and before it is received between the pair of working rolls. By minimizing this exposure time, the thickness of the oxide layers in the finished strips is substantially reduced.

Abstract: Rolling mill work and back-up rolls comprising an arbor with a sleeve shrunk thereon have circumferential grooves formed in the external surface of the arbor, through which heating or cooling liquid is supplied from external sources so as to expand or contract the sleeve and change the roll crown and contour. The fins, or material between grooves, may have higher heat conductivity than the material of the arbor and sleeve, and are proportioned to transmit rolling forces without reducing roll stiffness. A liquid supply system provides liquids of different temperatures to selected sections of the grooves along the roll working surface; and strip of different widths but of uniform gauge across the strip is rolled by suitably adjusting the temperatures of the hot and cold liquids so supplied.

Abstract: A method of water cooling a hot-rolled steel plate is disclosed. In this method, while a hot-rolled steel plate is being advanced lengthwise, a plurality of nozzles spray cooling water to the steel plate, and thus the plate is cooled to a predetermined temperature at a predetermined cooling rate. Before, while and after the plurality of nozzles carry out water-cooling, temperatures are consistently measured at predetermined temperature measurement points in cross-sectional areas of temperature measurement positions which are arranged lengthwise at predetermined locations of the steel plate. Each time such measurement is performed, degree of deformation of the plate is calculated on the basis of temperature differences between the temperature measurement points. When the calculated degree of deformation is not within an allowable range, corrections are made on the distribution of the water supplied by the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: The method of controlling strip flatness on a hot strip mill which includes a hot reversing mill as a final reducing stand comprises reducing the thickness of the workpiece by passing it back and forth along a pass line through the hot reversing mill while reducing the roll gap on the mill after each successive pass. The strain developed during rolling is equalized by passing the workpiece through a shape processor having a plurality of upper and lower rolls capable of intermeshing along the pass line and located immediately downstream of the hot reversing mill. The equalizing of the strain through the shape processor occurs during selected intermittent passes and/or through the last pass through the reversing mill.

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: A conventional planarity control system with feedback loop is used but augmented by a lead function having its principal input actually occuring rolling force and variations thereof under consideration of the statistical relationship between rolling force and bending force of working, intermediate or support rolls.

Abstract: The device for the detection and regulation of the planeness of strip-shaped rolled products, especially thin-gage strips (1), for cold rolling mills comprises a planeness measuring system with individual measuring elements, which system includes, for example, a planeness measuring roller (3) composed of individual measuring disks (4) with force measuring transmitters arranged along the circumference. By the planeness measuring roller (3), the strip tensile stress is measured over the strip width (5), from which is calculated the longitudinal distribution (.DELTA.L/L) over the strip width as a characteristic variable for the strip planeness. Regulation of the strip tensile stress is effected by installations for cooling and/or lubrication and/or bending and/or pivoting of the rolls.

Abstract: A roll cooling table (1) for steel pipes (3) having a group of interlocked castellated water-cooled rolls (5) which are located in a generally downwardly sloping plane at the entry side of the cooling table (1), and being situated adjacent to a sloping skid pan (11) of a kick-off table (6).

Abstract: A roll cooling device for a rolling mill having rolls comprises cooling water guide plates each having a curved surface along a circumferential direction of rolls, the cooling water guide plates being provided close to the rolls, cooling water supply headers for supplying cooling water to cooling water passages defined by the cooling water guide plate and the rolls, water discharge headers for discharging the cooling water, supplied by the water supply headers, from the cooling water passages, support members supporting the cooling water guide plates, and curvature adjusting members for changing curvature of the guide plates in accordance with a diameter of the rolls. A thickness of the guide plate is increased from each edge portion to a central portion of the guide plate in the circumferential direction of the roll. In the case where the roll diameter is largely changed, the clearance between the guide plate and the roll is kept suitably, thereby sufficiently cool the rolls.

Abstract: A multi-stage roll mill for producing a lengthy continuous rolled sheet material by a one-pass operation, comprises a driven central working roll, and a plurality of peripheral working rolls arranged spaced apart and on the periphery of the central working roll, the diameter of each of the peripheral working rolls being much smaller than that of the central working roll. Each peripheral working roll has a screw-down mechanism which is capable of freely adjusting the gap between the periphery of the peripheral working roll and the periphery of the central working roll. The peripheral working rolls are arranged in such a manner that the work being held in the gap between the peripheries thereof and the periphery of the central working roll is subjected to continuous multi-stage rolling.

Abstract: A rolling mill comprises a plurality of rolls, means for directing liquid coolant onto the rolls at the ingoing side of the mill and a casing or casings enclosing the directing means. The casing or casings have contact seals engaging the rolls to prevent unwanted egress of coolant onto work entering the mill. The means for directing coolant onto the rolls are mounted on one or more fixed backing supports and inflatable sealing means are arranged between the casing or casings and the fixed backing support or supports. The arrangement enables the position of the casing or casings to adjust dependent on the roll diameters.

Abstract: A rolling mill has a plurality of rolls, means to direct liquid coolant on to the rolls at the ingoing side of the mill mounted on backing supports and a casing or casings enclosing the directing means during operation. The casing or casings have contact seals engaging the rolls to prevent unwanted egress of coolant on to work entering the mill. Sealing means are provided between the casing or casings and the backing support or supports and the casing or casings can be withdrawn from the mill for maintenance purposes independently of said one or more backing supports.

Abstract: A metal rolling mill coolant spraying system for minimizing formation of tight edges of rolled strip. The system comprises supplemental assemblies for spraying the work rolls adjacent to the strip edges, mounted for lateral adjustment controlled in response to signals from a computer for initial setup or continuous operation based on shape meter roll edge rotor signal feedback.

Abstract: A portable carrier module for transporting work rolls and entry and exit guides to and from a cantilevered roll stand in a rolling mill. The carrier module remains removably mounted on the roll stand during the rolling operation, and includes integral roll cooling means automatically coupled to water supply conduits extending through the roll stand housing.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for controlling the shape of a metal strip being rolled between two rolls. The process includes measuring the shape of the strip, spraying cooling fluid on the rolls, and controlling the spraying of cooling fluid according to a duty cycle.

Abstract: A substantial amount of liquid lubricant used in a cold strip rolling mill is prevented from passing between the area of the work roll necks and work roll bodies not in contact with a strip by locating in a strip guiding means on the entry side adjacent both edges of the strip, several zoned air nozzles which delivery a positive pressure to force the liquid away from this area, in a direction toward the center of the strip and rolls, and which nozzles are controlled according to the width of strip being rolled. The relatively small amount of liquid finding its way onto the delivery side is removed from the strip by providing in the strip guiding means both positive and negative air pressure means located above and below the strip, and negatively pressurized longitudinal enclosures located adjacent both edges of the strip and the said area.

Abstract: Coolant is applied to the rolls (12-14) of a rolling mill at the ingoing side of the mill by nozzles (22) which are located in casings (23, 24). The casings are sealed to the rolls by contact seals (25, 26, 30, 31) and by edge seals (19) so that coolant is entirely contained within the casings and is prevented from coming into contact with the work being rolled (16). Roll lubricant is directed by nozzles 80 on to the work rolls (12, 13) and the work (16) outside the confines of the casings.

Abstract: A rolling mill shape control apparatus for a flat material comprises a thermal crown calculator which calculates a thermal crown magnitude in a widthwise direction of rolls as based on rolling history information after a change in vertical spacing of the rolls, a roll wear calculator which calculates a wear magnitude of the rolls as based on rolling history information after the rearrangement of the rolls, an optimum rolling temperature distribution calculator which calculates an optimum rolling temperature distribution in a widthwise direction of the flat material on the basis of the calculated results of both the thermal crown calculator and the roll wear calculator and a reference bending force corresponding to maximum bending correction, a thermometer which detects a widthwise temperature distribution of the flat material, a heating/cooling device which can separately heat/cool a plurality of parts of the flat material divided in the widthwise direction thereof, and a heating/cooling controller which comp

Abstract: A device for cooling hot rolled flat products in such a way so to deliver to the product a relatively long, very thin, low turbulence blade of water which can be adjusted as to flow rate transversely of the product and so can adjust the cooling conditions of the product transversely of the product. The device comprises an elongated water delivery chamber having a linear slit that extends across the product to be cooled. The chamber is bounded longitudinally by guide walls that converge toward the slit and is divided transversely into a plurality of smaller chambers by a plurality of baffles transverse to the length of the chamber. Each of the smaller chambers is in communication with the water supply via at least one adjustable flow regulating device. The baffles are integral with the walls of the chamber and terminate toward the slit short of the outer edge of the slit.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooling a work roll in a rolling mill for rolling metal strip, has a plurality of sprays arranged in closely spaced rows extending in the longitudinal direction of the work roll, the sprays spraying water onto the work roll surface in a manner such that the surface of contact of the cooling water of each spray on the work roll surface is oblong in shape and the longitudinal axes of the said surfaces of contact form an angle to a describing line of the work roll surface. At least some of the sprays in at least two consecutive rows in the peripheral direction of the work roll are arranged so that the longitudinal axes of the surfaces of contact of the sprays in a first such row form an acute angle .alpha. to a first describing line on the work roll surface, and the longitudinal axes of the contact surfaces of the sprays in the second such row form an obtuse angle .beta. to a second describing line, whereby the surfaces of contact form a herringbone pattern.

Abstract: Convertible head (10) to form coils for the forming of coils of rolled wire rod, which comprises a body (11) supported on a tiltable base (18), motor means (12) and rotor means (15-16) and in which the rotor means (15-16) include interchangeable rotors (15-16), of which at least one (15) is suitable to deposit horizontal coils (23), and at least one other (16) is suitable to deposit vertical coils (24).

Abstract: Plant (10) to form and cool coils, which comprises a conveyor (12) for horizontal coils (19), conveyor means (24) for vertical coils (27), movable (114-214) cooling hoods (14), at least one coil-forming head (11) able to form horizontal (19) and vertical (27) coils, and a station (15) to form wound bundles, in which plant (10) the conveyor means (24) for vertical coils can move between an inactive position (FIG. 2) and a working position (FIG. 3) and cooperate with movable side walls (23) that are able to form momentarily, in cooperation with such hoods (14), a closed cooling tunnel (50).

Abstract: In rolling, particularly cold rolling of sheets, control of roll camber, and hence of the flatness of the rolled sheet, is ensured by a device fitted with a distributor capable of delivering a thin, continuous, low-turbulence jet of cooling liquid along a generatrix of the roll surface. The distributor is divided transversely into a number of chambers, each having structure allowing a given quantity of water into the chamber, this quantity being variable at will over a wide range. By regulating the quantity of water allowed into each chamber and hence the flow issuing therefrom, the amount of cooling along the body of the roll can be varied, thus varying its camber, so as to influence the flatness of the sheet.

Abstract: Controlling for obtaining the aimed strip shape using a rolling mill provided with rolls, which are variable in amount of crown by feeding a pressurized oil in the inside. In addition, the rolling mill is provided with right and left pressing-down balancers and roll benders. The strip shape in the width direction of the strip is detected, the detected shape being approximated by a function including terms of the first, second, fourth, sixth or eighth power of a variable, which is a position or a distance in the width direction of the strip, the amount of pressing-down of the right and left pressing-down balancers being adjusted to coincide the term of the first power with the aimed value thereof, the amount of crown of the roll being adjusted to coincide the term of the second power with the aimed value thereof, and a roll bending force being adjusted to coincide the term of the fourth, sixth or eighth power with the aimed value thereof.

Abstract: A bearing isolator assembly particularly for use in a roll mill for isolating the environment from the support shaft bearing. A first isolator ring is non-rotatably mounted on the shaft and is concentric with and rotatable relative to a pair of fixed isolator rings which concentrically surround the shaft and are fixed to a support housing. These isolator rings defines therebetween a narrow clearance space which defines a tortuous path which initially includes a U-shaped labyrinth, one end of which communicates with the environment, and the other end of which communicates with an enlarged annular collection chamber which has a drain port associated therewith. This collection chamber is behind a dam associated with the rotatable isolator ring, and the downstream side of the dam is positioned closely adjacent a radial wall on the fixed isolator ring to define a narrow passage therebetween.

Abstract: A cooling pipe arrangement (1) includes a pipe portion (2) in which two gripping elements (3) are arranged, with a coil spring (6) gripped between the gripping elements (3). The coil spring is surrounded by an annular space (15) into which opens a duct (16) for the coolant. The fluid which is supplied by way of the duct is conducted through the gap (19) between the turns of the coil spring, on to the rolled material which is conveyed through the cooling pipe arrangement. The width of the gap (19) may be varied by means of a setting ring (22).

Abstract: Steel concrete-reinforcing rod is manufactured on a high speed rod rolling ill including a finisher followed by a cooling device for superficial quenching. The traction applied to the product leaving the finisher and approaching the cooling device is arranged to be appropriate to the correct advancement of the rod, by increasing the drive force of the rod and/or reducing the braking forces produced in the cooling device. Braking force in the cooling device can be reduced by introducing air into the cooling water.

Abstract: An improved lubricant and coolant removal system for a roll stand includes suction boxes surrounding the sheet formed by the roll stand and a series of pipes connecting the suction boxes to various coolant traps. Special doctor blades and air knives remove coolant from the rolls. An enclosing shroud prevents coolant overspray and mist from escaping.

Abstract: A thin coherent, high pressure volume, curtain water wall of liquid is applied in a transverse direction across a surface of a strip in a hot rolling mill to uniformly remove oxide scaling from the strip's surface. A header is designed to have several passages which produce several discrete liquid flows which are directed into a pressure equalization zone prior to their entering the nozzle section of the header to create upon the flow's exiting from the nozzle section a curtain wall of fluid having a thickness which delivers a uniform sufficient impact force against the strip's surface for the descaling process thereof.

Abstract: A method for controlling the shape of a cold-rolled material which is capable of switching the roll coolant from a hot coolant to a cold coolant without changing the cooling capacity. The cold coolant is switched to a hot coolant as soon as the supply of hot coolant reaches a maximum flow rate and the flow rate of the cold coolant is controlled to be a value which gives a cooling capacity equivalent to that of the work roll by the hot coolant.

Abstract: Hot steel plate as hot-rolled is passed forward longitudinally through pairs of top and bottom rollers disposed in the direction of the plate travel. The steel plate is cooled with water supplied to its top and bottom surfaces from the nozzles on a plurality of cooling units disposed in the same longitudinal direction. Each cooling unit is disposed between adjoining pairs of the top and bottom rollers. Before cooling is started, the temperature distribution in the steel plate is determined and the desired mean cooling rate is set. The distance from the plate edge over which the supply of the cooling water at least to the bottom side of the plate is to be cut off is determined for each cooling unit on the basis of the determined temperature distribution and preset mean cooling rate. By so doing, the temperature of the inner edge portion of the steel plate is kept above the temperature of the middle portion, thereby allowing the Ar.sub.

Abstract: A support roll is provided with a plurality of surface near axis parallel cooling ducts extending from a cylindrical manifold chamber into which coolant is fed through a stationary hollow rod having openings and carrying on one end a disk which remains stationary and provides variable rate of feeding into the ducts as the roll rotates such that the duct adjacent a surface portion of the roll in contact with the casting receives maximum coolant flow.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for uniformly cooling a thick steel plate in order to obtain a very flat thick steel plate constituted by a cooling water supply apparatus provided with more than two header systems by which a desired water volume crown is given in the width direction of the thick steel plate.

Abstract: A hot strip mill having a final reducing stand and runout cooling means downstream of the reducing stand includes an incubator capable of coiling and decoiling the hot strip. The incubator is located intermediate the runout cooling means. In a preferred form the final reducing stand is a hot reversing mill. A second incubator and/or a temper mill and/or a slitter may be positioned downstream of the first incubator. The method of rolling includes isothermally treating the strip within a predetermined time and temperature range in the incubator prior to subsequent processing. The subsequent processing may include any one or more of the following: further deformation by cold rolling, temper rolling or cooling at a desired heat loss rate.

Abstract: A header for applying a low pressure, non-turbulent, coherent curtain wall of coolant of a substantial uniform extent and thickness transversely across the rolling surface of a work roll of a hot rolling mill or the like, which curtain wall in cross-section is in the form of the uniform concentric enveloping camber of a portion of a roll barrel. The placement of the applied wall of coolant is controlled so that the built-up heat in each succeeding work roll portion leaving contact either with the hot material being rolled or its associated back-up roll in a multi-high mill is substantially and uniformly removed, and optimized cooling thereof is achieved. An adjustable discharge slot which may be tapered to discharge the curtain wall across the length of the roll's camber in a manner to control cooling of the work roll from end to end, i.e. the cooling rate of the length of a roll would have a parabolic curve.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously cooling a heated metal plate lying horizontally, which comprises: an upper cooling water ejecting means, arranged above the metal plate in parallel to the width direction thereof, for ejecting cooling water onto the upper surface of the metal plate; a water tank, arranged below the metal plate, for receiving cooling water; and a lower cooling water ejecting means having a lower cooling water ejecting bore, arranged in the water tank in parallel to the width direction of the metal plate. The lower cooling water ejecting means ejects, in the form of a jet stream, cooling water from the lower cooling water ejecting bore together with cooling water received in the water tank, onto the lower surface of the metal plate. The above-mentioned jet stream is surrounded by a jet stream guide duct arranged between the lower cooling water ejecting means and the lower surface of the metal plate.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a material being rolled into a rod in a rod rolling line having a continuous rolling mill with a first thermometer located at an inlet thereof, a plurality of water cooling units located at an outlet thereof and having an adjustable cooling water flow rate, and a laying head for winding the rod, the laying head having a second thermometer located at an outlet thereof. The apparatus comprises an arithmetic device for computing the rate of flow of cooling water based on a rolling schedule for the continuous rolling mill, an expected temperature at an inlet of the continuous rolling mill, and a target temperature at the laying head, and a control device responsive to a result of computation by the arithmetic device for controlling the rate of flow of cooling water.

Abstract: Device to separate without gaps the trailing end of a leading individual length of rolled stock and the leading end of a following length, which are parted from a rolled billet by cross-cutting shears, in the live-roller feed bed upstream of cooling beds, comprises a separate trough section disposed downstream of a switch in the form of a separating diverter subdivided into two parallel longitudinal sections, one with a fixed trough section and one vertically displaceable trough section which forms a depressed portion at a lower level.

Abstract: An improved lubricant and coolant removal system for a roll stand includes suction boxes surrounding the sheet formed by the roll stand and a series of pipes connecting the suction boxes to various coolant traps. Special doctor blades and air knives remove coolant from the rolls. An enclosing shroud prevents coolant overspray and mist from escaping.

Abstract: A thin metal strip is made by hot-rolling a strip workpiece, stretch-bend leveling the hot-rolled strip workpiece immediately after hot-rolling it, tensioning the strip workpiece with a predetermined tension while stretch-bend leveling it, and thereafter coiling up the workpiece. In addition the workpiece is rapidly cooled immediately after stretch-bend leveling it and before coiling it up. Thus the workpiece is stretch-bend leveled before it cools so it can be treated while still about 1100.degree. C., at which temperature it is still very plastic. The workpiece can therefore be deformed greatly while under modest tension, so as to produce a very thin product that is very uniform. The tension in the strip merely serves to keep the workpiece looped over as much an arc as possible around the stretch-bending rolls.

Abstract: A method of controlling one stand of a mill for rolling strip material, the mill having upper and lower back-up rolls and a pair of work rolls disposed between the back-up rolls, first and second screw means for respectively controlling movement of the ends of one of the back-up rolls and first and second jack means for respectively applying forces to each of the ends of the work rolls and a shape sensor having outputs from which the stress distribution across the width of the rolled strip is determined, comprising analyzing the effect upon the shape of the strip of the operation of the screw means and the jack means and deriving mathematical expressions, each including a control parameter, respectively representative of such operations determining the difference between said stress distribution and a desired stress distribution and obtaining a correction of stress distribution characterized by separately analyzing the effect upon the shape of the strip of the operation of each screw means and each jack means

Abstract: An apparatus used in combination with a hot-rolling line having a succession of roll stands through which passes a strip workpiece in a horizontal transport direction has at least one vessel downstream of the roll stands in the direction and aligned in the direction therewith. This vessel is formed with an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet. A bath of a liquid coolant fills the vessel to a level above the inlet and outlet openings. Guides draw the workpiece from the roll stands into the inlet, through the vessel, and out of the outlet thereof. Thus the workpiece is wholly immersed in and cooled by the liquid coolant within the vessel. A pump feeds fresh coolant into the vessel and withdraws hot coolant therefrom. A plurality of such vessels, each with a respective bath and pump means, is provided with all of the inlets and outlets aligned. The inlet and outlet are formed as horizontally extending slots closely conforming the cross-sectional shape of the workpiece.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for quenching steel rod in a high speed rolling mill is provided wherein a liquid coolant is preliminarily applied to the rod prior to its exiting from the mill finishing train in order to increase the column strength of the exiting rod by lowering the surface temperature thereof to less than about 950.degree. C. Thereafter, as the rod progresses through additional liquid cooling devices on the way to the mill laying head, tractive forces are applied to the rod. The aforesaid increase in rod column strength acts in concert with the application of tractive force to insure that the rod has sufficient rigidity and forward momentum to pass from the finishing train through the liquid cooling devices and to and through the laying head.

Abstract: A device for applying coolant/lubricant to the surface of the rolls of the rolling mill and/or the workpiece being rolled. The device comprises a housing having a plurality of nozzles associated therewith, a rotating inner manifold having a plurality of apertures therein in a particular array for directing liquid to the nozzles and sealing means between the manifold and housing which provides a leak-free passageway for the liquid. The manifold is rotated to align the apertures therein with the leak-free passageway to supply liquid to the desired nozzles.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling product in a continuous hot-rolling mill. The apparatus comprises a cooling unit including a frame defining a plurality of spaced, cartridge receiving slots in which a plurality of guide and spray cartridges are removably mounted. The guide and spray cartridges are similarly configured so that either cartridge can be mounted in a given frame slot so that the number and ratio of spray to guide cartridges can be varied to modify the cooling characteristics of the cooling unit. Headers, formed integrally with the cooling frame communicate with a source of coolant under pressure and include a plurality of outlets connectable to the spray cartridges by individual conduits. Valves are provided to adjust the coolant flow rate to a cartridge and a quick release coupling is utilized to enable the cartridges to be easily removed for service and/or replacement.

Abstract: A hot strip mill having a final reducing stand and runout cooling means downstream of the reducing stand includes an incubator capable of coiling and decoiling the hot strip. The incubator is located intermediate the runout cooling means. In a preferred form the final reducing stand is a hot reversing mill. A second incubator and/or a temper mill and/or a slitter may be positioned downstream of the first incubator. The method of rolling includes isothermally treating the strip within a predetermined time and temperature range in the incubator prior to subsequent processing. The subsequent processing may include any one or more of the following: further deformation by cold rolling, temper rolling or cooling at a desired heat loss rate.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for controlling the flow of cooling water to the top of a hot metal strip on a runout table is disclosed. Cooling water is continuously discharged from nozzles in spray bars above the strip and cooling is controlled by selectively diverting the water from selected ones of the spray bars to control the volume and location of the water applied. Movable deflector plates are mounted adjacent predetermined spray bars and actuators are provided to selectively move the deflector plates to deflect water into a fixed trough to be diverted from the top of the strip.

Abstract: A rolling mill comprises working rolls, backup rolls, beams disposed along the rolls for supporting the working rolls, and supports mounted on the housing of the rolling mill for slidably supporting the beams. The beams have roll benders engaging with metal chocks of the working rolls and are moved axially by actuators that are disposed separately, so as to control the shape of a rolled material. The support has a central projection extending beyond the position of the roll bender and supporting symmetrically the bending force without providing a moment about the axis of the beam. The beam, further, is provided with apparatus inside for cooling the work rolls.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributing curtain walls of coolant around a passing hot rolled, extruded, or drawn round, metal article, and optimizing the cooling thereof. A circular liquid coolant header comprises an enclosure divided into two abutting annular compartments; the first compartment containing a smaller annular concentric compartment with openings communicating with the second abutting compartment, which, in turn, has several circumferentially positioned and evenly spaced nozzle assemblies for delivering the curtain walls. A nozzle assembly is located between two semi-round compartment inlets which receive coolant from the first compartment and diffuse and direct the coolant flow into a respective nozzle assembly.