摘要 |
<p>A method of shielding metal slabs from heat loss during inter-stand transport in a rolling mill with an inverted channel-shaped heat-insulating housing. The housing is sited over the roller table at a first position adjacent an upstream mill stand and is so dimensioned as to accommodate a slab entering through the trailing end of the housing as it issues from the stand; control means is provided operable (a) to cause the housing to travel along the table with the slab, (b) to arrest the housing adjacent the downstream mill stand whereby the slab exists thereto through the leading end of the housing and (c) to return to its said first position.</p> |