MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647066636 A) filed by Sms Group Gmbh on May 27, 2026, for Apparatus And Method For Producing A Hot-Rolled Metal Strip.
Inventors include Sprock, August; Kastner, Andreas; Hassel, Christoph; and Cramer, Ulrich.
The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.
Abstract: An apparatus (1) and a method for producing a hot-rolled metal strip (2), wherein the apparatus (1) has: a finishing train (10), with at least one roll stand (11), which has work rolls forming a roll gap, for hot-rolling the metal strip (2); and a quick-cooling device (20), which is directly downstream of the roll gap of the last roll stand (11) of the finishing train (10) and is configured to cool the metal strip (2) quickly by applying a coolant, preferably a water-based coolant, to the upper side and the underside of the metal strip (2) along a cooling zone of the quick-cooling device (20); wherein the quick-cooling device (20) is configured to apply coolant both to the upper side and to the underside of the metal strip (2) at a rate of between 100 and 300 m3/(m2*h).
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