CROSS-STRIP TEMPERATURE VARIATION CONTROL

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15592679

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To achieve a substantially uniform microstructure across a continuously cast thin metal strip, it is beneficial to cool a width of the strip to a substantially constant temperature before further cooling the strip to reach any desired phase transformation temperature. Accordingly, methods of continuously casting a thin metal strip may include moving the thin strip to a cooling section, the cooling section having a plurality of coolant discharge ports configured to discharge a flow of coolant along the thin strip; initially sensing the temperature of the thin strip to determine a temperature distribution across the width of the thin strip, and producing a sensor signal corresponding to a sensed temperature at each of the first plurality of locations; and individually controlling the cooling across a width of the thin strip by way of the plurality coolant discharge ports in each zone of a first row using the determined temperature distribution.

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NUCOR CORPORATION1915 REXFORD ROAD CHARLOTTE NC 28211

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Rees, Harold Bradley Ladoga, US 13 33
Watson, James W Brownsburg, US 8 196

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