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Continuous annealing and pickling method and apparatus for steel strips
Assignee: JFE Steel Corp
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Filing: 1986-08-05
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Granted: 1987-12-15
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Expires: 2006-08-05
Abstract
Abstract In a method of continuously annealing and pickling steel strips successively transferred through a continuous annealing apparatus including heating and cooling zones and a pickling apparatus, annealing the steel strips is effected in reducing atmosphere and thereafter pickling is effected at least by nitric acid electrolytic treatment. In an apparatus for continuously annealing and pickling steel strips, including a continuous annealing furnace and a pickling apparatus, the continuous annealing furnace consists of vertical furnaces capable of advancing a steel strip in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions and the pickling apparatus comprises at least a nitric acid electrolytic cell. In another aspect, continuous annealing furnace consists of one pass furnace capable of advancing the steel strip only once and forming a high temperature heating zone and a high temperature cooling zone of the annealing furnace, and vertical furnaces respectively forming a lower temperature heating zone and a low temperature cooling zone and capable of advancing a steel strip in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions. The one pass furnace is horizontal or vertical.
Inventors
- 👤 Norio Ohta
- 👤 Fumiya Yanagishima
- 👤 Toshikazu Kaihara
- 👤 Akira Kishida
- 👤 Kuniaki Sato
- 👤 Masanobu Ochiai
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CPC Classifications
C; C25; C25F; C25F1/00; C25F1/02; C25F1/04; C25F1/06; C21; C21D; C21D9/00; C21D9/52; C21D9/54; C21D9/56; C21D9/561
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
63 words
A method of continuously annealing and pickling cold rolled stainless steel strips successively transferred through a continuous annealing apparatus including heating and cooling zones and a pickling apparatus, wherein annealing the strips is effected in reducing atmosphere consisting of hydrogen within a range of 3-15% and nitrogen of substantially the remainder and thereafter pickling is effected at least by nitric acid electrolyte treatment.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
63 words
A method of continuously annealing and pickling cold rolled stainless steel strips successively transferred through a continuous annealing apparatus including heating and cooling zones and a pickling apparatus, wherein annealing the strips is effected in reducing atmosphere consisting of hydrogen within a range of 3-15% and nitrogen of substantially the remainder and thereafter pickling is effected at least by nitric acid electrolyte treatment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein a steel strip is advanced in said heating and cooling zones in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
76 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said heating and cooling zones are divided into low temperature heating, high temperature heating, high temperature cooling and low temperature cooling zones, and a steel strip is advanced in said low temperature heating and cooling zones in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions and advanced only once in said high temperature heating and cooling zones in a substantially horizontal direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
76 words
A method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said heating and cooling zones are divided into low temperature heating, high temperature heating, high temperature cooling and low temperature cooling zones, and a steel strip is advanced in said low temperature heating and cooling zones in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions and advanced only once in said high temperature heating and cooling zones in a substantially vertical direction.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
79 words
An apparatus for continuously annealing and pickling cold rolled stainless steel strips, including a continuous annealing furnace and a pickling apparatus, wherein said continuous annealing furnace consists of vertical furnaces capable of advancing a steel strip through reducing atmosphere consisting of hydrogen within a range of 3-15% and nitrogen of substantially the remainder in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions and said pickling apparatus comprises at least a nitric acid electrolytic cell.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
79 words
An apparatus for continuously annealing and pickling cold rolled stainless steel strips, including a continuous annealing furnace and a pickling apparatus, wherein said continuous annealing furnace consists of vertical furnaces capable of advancing a steel strip through reducing atmosphere consisting of hydrogen within a range of 3-15% and nitrogen of substantially the remainder in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions and said pickling apparatus comprises at least a nitric acid electrolytic cell.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
122 words
An apparatus for continuous annealing and pickling cold rolled stainless steel strips, including a continuous annealing furnace and a pickling apparatus, wherein said continuous annealing furnace consists of one pass furnace capable of advancing the steel strip through reducing atmosphere consisting of hydrogen within a range of 3-15% and nitrogen of substantially the remainder only once and forming a high temperature heating zone and a high temperature cooling zone of the annealing furnace, and vertical furnaces respectively forming a low temperature heating zone and a low temperature cooling zone and capable of advancing a steel strip in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions and said pickling apparatus comprises at least a nitric acid electrolytic cell.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
122 words
An apparatus for continuous annealing and pickling cold rolled stainless steel strips, including a continuous annealing furnace and a pickling apparatus, wherein said continuous annealing furnace consists of one pass furnace capable of advancing the steel strip through reducing atmosphere consisting of hydrogen within a range of 3-15% and nitrogen of substantially the remainder only once and forming a high temperature heating zone and a high temperature cooling zone of the annealing furnace, and vertical furnaces respectively forming a low temperature heating zone and a low temperature cooling zone and capable of advancing a steel strip in a manner substantially repeating upward and downward movements alternately in substantially vertical directions and said pickling apparatus comprises at least a nitric acid electrolytic cell.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus for continuously annealing and pickling steel strips as set forth in claim 6, wherein said one pass furnace is horizontal and capable of advancing the steel strip only once in a horizontal direction.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
An apparatus for continuously annealing and pickling steel strips as set forth in claim 6, wherein said one pass furnace is vertical and capable of advancing the steel strip only once in a vertical direction.
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