摘要 |
A method is disclosed for subdividing and decelerating a hot rolled long product advancing along a delivery path from a rolling mill to a cooling bed. The method comprises: (a) arranging a shear and a decelerator in succession along the delivery path, with the decelerator comprising a set of driven pinch rolls preceded by a plurality of deflector rolls;(b) contacting a lead segment of the product with the pinch rolls operating at an initial speed at least equal to that of the advancing product;(c) actuating the shear to separate the lead segment from the remainder of the product; and(d) decelerating the lead segment by: (i) reducing the speed of the pinch rolls; and(ii) actuating the deflector rolls to deflect the product segment from the delivery path into a sinuous path.
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