INTERMEDIATE THICKNESS SLAB CASTER AND INLINE HOT STRIP AND PLATE LINE WITH SLAB SEQUENCING.

摘要

A method and apparatus of making a coiled plate, sheet in coiled form or discrete plate is shown. The apparatus is an intermediate thickness slab caster and inline hot strip and plate inline. The apparatus includes a continuous strip caster forming an intermediate thickness strand; a torch or shear cutoff for cutting the strand into a slab of desired length; a feed and run back table including a slab takeoff operable transverse of the table; a slab collection and storage area adapted to receive slabs from the slab takeoff; a reheat furnace receiving slabs from both the slab takeoff and the slab collection and storage area, with the exit of the reheat furnace at the feed and run back table; a single or twin stand hot reversing mill for reducing the slab to a thickness of 1 inch or less in no more than three flat passes; a pair of coiler furnaces located on opposite sides of the hot reversing mill; and a final processing line downstream of the pair of coiler furnaces.