Slab container

摘要

A method and apparatus of making coiled plate, sheet in coiled form or discrete plate. The apparatus is an intermediate thickness slab caster with a slab storage container and inline hot strip and plate line. The apparatus includes a continuous strip caster forming a strand of between 3.5 and 6 inches thick; a cutoff for cutting the strand into a slab of desired length; a slab table; a slab storage container adjacent to the slab conveyor table adapted to selectively receive slabs from the slab conveyor table; a reheat furnace having an entry inline with both the slab conveyor table and the slab collection and storage area for receiving slabs from either; a feed and run back table at the exit of the reheat furnace; a hot reversing mill for reducing the slab to a coiling thickness; a pair of coiler furnaces located on opposite sides of the hot reversing mill; and a finishing line downstream of the pair of coiler furnaces.