Global Patent Index - EP 3171998 B1

EP 3171998 B1 20180418 - COOLING OF A METAL STRAND PORTION

Title (en)

COOLING OF A METAL STRAND PORTION

Title (de)

KÜHLUNG EINES METALLISCHEN STRANGABSCHNITTS

Title (fr)

REFROIDISSEMENT D'UN SEGMENT DE CHAÎNE MÉTALLIQUE

Publication

EP 3171998 B1 20180418 (DE)

Application

EP 15744524 A 20150722

Priority

  • AT 505232014 A 20140725
  • EP 2015066700 W 20150722

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016012471A1] The invention relates to a method for cooling a strand portion (4) of a metal strand in a cooling zone (6) of a continuous casting machine by means of a cooling device (2), comprising a plurality of respective switching valves (8) and cooling nozzles (10), wherein for cooling the strand section (4) is conveyed through the cooling zone (6) and the switching valves (8) are controlled by binary pulse width modulated control signals (38-46, 52), such that coolant flows (q) through the cooling nozzles (10) are alternately enabled or interrupted, such that for cooling a coolant (12) is applied intermittently to the strand portion (4) in the cooling zone (6). The invention further relates to a cooling device (2). A uniform supply of coolant can be achieved if the binary pulse width modulated control signals (38-46, 52) are defined in such a way that at least one of the control signals (38-46, 52) has a phase shift (ϕ, ϕ1, ϕ2, Δϕ) to a further one of the control signals (38-46, 52).

IPC 8 full level

B22D 11/22 (2006.01); B05B 12/04 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); B22D 11/124 (2006.01)

CPC (source: AT EP KR)

B05B 1/08 (2013.01 - AT); B05B 12/04 (2013.01 - EP KR); B05B 13/0207 (2013.01 - KR); B22D 11/124 (2013.01 - AT); B22D 11/1246 (2013.01 - AT EP KR); B22D 11/225 (2013.01 - AT EP KR); B05B 13/0207 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016012471 A1 20160128; AT 516075 A1 20160215; AT 516075 B1 20180915; EP 3171998 A1 20170531; EP 3171998 B1 20180418; ES 2678774 T3 20180817; JP 2017521262 A 20170803; JP 6400830 B2 20181003; KR 102312840 B1 20211014; KR 20170036042 A 20170331

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2015066700 W 20150722; AT 505232014 A 20140725; EP 15744524 A 20150722; ES 15744524 T 20150722; JP 2017504073 A 20150722; KR 20177005171 A 20150722