Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
266046000 | Cooling | 12 |
20080272525 | Cooling Element and Method for Manufacturing the Same - The invention relates to a cooling element to be used in the structure of a pyromettalurgical reactor used in the manufacturing of metals, which cooling element comprises a housing element mainly made of copper, provided with a channel system for the cooling medium circulation, made of pipe that is mainly made of copper; on the outer surface of the pipes forming the channel system, there is arranged a coating that has a lower melting point than the material of the housing element and the pipe. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the cooling element. | 11-06-2008 |
20090045557 | Method of Arranging and Setting Spray Cooling Nozzles and Hot Steel Plate Cooling Apparatus - The present invention relates to an apparatus for cooling hot steel plate applied for controlled cooling of hot steel plate, obtained by hot rolling, while processing it constrained by constraining rolls and obtaining a steel material excellent and uniform in shape characteristics and provides a method of arranging and setting spray nozzles enabling uniform cooling in a direction perpendicular to processing and provides a method of arranging and setting spray nozzles of a spray cooling apparatus using two or more types of nozzles differing in amounts of water and spray regions to obtain a broad range of adjustment of amounts of water, wherein the spray nozzles are arranged so that a value of an n power of the impact pressures of the cooling water sprayed from the spray on the cooling surface integrated in the processing direction between pairs of constraining rolls becomes within −20% of the highest value in the direction perpendicular to processing,
| 02-19-2009 |
20090065983 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING THE VIBRATION OF STEEL OR ALUMINUM STRIPS IN BLOWN-GAS OR -AIR COOLING ZONES - The invention relates to a method of improving the cooling of a blown-gas cooling chamber or of a blown-air cooling section in a line for heat treating steel and/or aluminum, and/or of improving the quality of products for treatment by reducing the vibration generated by the cooling, in which jets of gas or air are projected against each of the faces of the strip traveling through said section or chamber. In accordance with the invention, the jets ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090160106 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS USAGE OF MULTIPLE DIE CASTING TOOLS - The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a die casting apparatus and method evidencing increased apparatus output including the ability of using multiple die tools. The invention includes an indexing assembly removably engaged with at least one die block assembly for transporting between four stations, including an injection station, a cooling station, an ejection station, and a recovery station. The injection station includes a frame, a clamp assembly attached to the frame for clamping and releasing the die block assembly, a shot sleeve assembly engaged with the die block assembly for receiving molten material, such as metal, from a furnace means and injecting the molten material into the die block assembly, and a shot cylinder releasably coupled with the shot sleeve assembly for controlling the injection of molten material. The ejection station includes an ejector lift assembly which engages the die block assembly for ejecting a finished part from the die block assembly, and the recovery station includes an ejector drop assembly which engages the die block assembly for placing a preload on the die block assembly. | 06-25-2009 |
20090194917 | CONTROLLED COOLING APPARATUS AND COOLING METHOD OF STEEL PLATE - The present invention provides a steel plate cooling method, in controlled cooling of thick-gauge steel plate, which uniformly cools steel plate over its entire length and eliminates plate warping, that is, a method of conveying and cooling the top and bottom surfaces of steel plate in a high temperature state after hot rolling while constraining the high temperature rolled steel plate by a plurality of sets or top and bottom draining rolls, wherein cooling nozzles having a large number of nozzle openings and individually or simultaneously spraying the two fluids of air and water are used to cool the steel plate, the cooling method of steel plate characterized by giving a stable pattern by driving out air trying to invade the path of flow reaching the front end of the cooling apparatus when the water which is fed is low in amount or low in pressure. Further, the apparatus for working this method is a steel plate cooling apparatus comprised of an outside header having an air feed system, a plurality of air spray nozzles arranged at the air spray surface of this header, an inside header having a cooling water feed system, and a plurality of cooling water spray nozzles arranged at a cooling water spray surface of this header. | 08-06-2009 |
20090315231 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR FORMING MOLD AND METHOD OF COOLING FORMING MOLD - In a forming mold equipped with a cooling channel for circulation of a refrigerant composed of a cooling gas and a atomized cooling liquid, any increase of back pressure attributed to evaporation of the refrigerant fed to the cooling channel is inhibited to thereby attain cooling acceleration, and further any occurrence of rust or scale by the refrigerant circulated through the cooling channel is prevented. Accordingly, a channel for supply of the refrigerant to the cooling channel of the forming mold is provided with air pressure source for trapping of air in the supply channel and pressure feeding of the same; oxygen separation means for separation removal of oxygen from the pressure fed air to thereby lower the oxygen concentration of the air; and atomizing means for spraying of the cooling liquid into the air with oxygen concentration lowered. The oxygen separated from the air by the oxygen separation means is returned to the refrigerant forcedly emitted from the cooling channel by means of forced exhaust means. | 12-24-2009 |
20100001442 | Method and Installation for the Dry Transformation of a Material Structure of Semifinished Products - An installation for the dry transformation of a material structure of semifinished products, particularly for dry bainitization, includes a quenching chamber and heating and/or cooling mechanism for setting the temperature prevailing on the inside of the quenching chamber, wherein the heating and/or cooling mechanism is developed as heating or cooling mechanism of a wall that borders on an inner chamber of the quenching chamber. | 01-07-2010 |
20100038832 | Rotary holding device for gripping tool material at elevated temperatures through multiple collar assembly - A tool is provided that is capable of friction stir processing, friction stir mixing, and friction stir welding of high melting temperature and low melting temperature materials, wherein the collar is now divided into at least an inner and an outer collar coupled to the shank and the FSW tip, wherein new thermal barriers enable expansion of the inner collar to be directed inward to thereby create compression on the FSW tip instead of allowing the FSW tip to become loose in the tool at elevated temperatures. | 02-18-2010 |
20130154167 | ROTARY HEARTH FURNACE EXHAUST GAS DUCT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - An exhaust gas duct apparatus for use in a rotary-hearth furnace for heating a starting material including a carbonaceous reducing material and an iron-oxide containing material to produce reduced iron or granular metallic iron. In an exhaust gas duct for use in the rotary-hearth furnace, a cooling part for cooling an exhaust gas discharged from the rotary-hearth furnace to solidify a metal salt in the exhaust gas, a collision part for allowing the exhaust gas just after being cooled to collide therewith to drop down the metal salt solidified, and a direction change duct for guiding the exhaust gas after being collided, in a direction other than a direction of dropping the metal salt, are arranged in this order in two stages. | 06-20-2013 |
20140265067 | WATER-COOLED BURNER AND/OR INJECTOR PANEL KITS, WATER-COOLED BURNER AND/OR INJECTOR PANEL APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A burner and/or injector panel includes at least two cooling circuits that may be connected in series with a flexible hose or rigid pipe connected to the circuits behind a rear face of the panel or connected in parallel to a source of cooling water by independently connecting each cooling circuit to the cooling water source without connecting the flexible hose or rigid pipe. | 09-18-2014 |
20150084246 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR METALLURGICAL FURNACES AND METHODS OF OPERATION - A metallurgical furnace system having a furnace body at least partially defined by a refractory wall and configured for holding a molten metal therein. The system further including one or more cooling elements, each including a working fluid contained therein and defining a heat absorption section and a heat rejection section. The heat absorption section configured for disposing within the refractory wall to absorb heat from the refractory wall. The heat rejection section configured to reside outside the refractory wall to reject heat absorbed by the heat absorption section. The working fluid generating a vapor flow within the one or more cooling elements in response to absorbed heat. The cooling system further including a coolant flow in contact with an exterior surface of the one or more cooling elements for dissipating heat from the heat rejection section. A cooling system for a metallurgical furnace and method of cooling are also disclosed. | 03-26-2015 |
20150137432 | REFRACTORY DELTA COOLING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention comprise a refractory delta made from a refractory material having a cold-face side and a hot-face side. One or more electrode apertures are located in the refractory delta for receiving one or more electrodes. One or more cooling apertures extend from the cold-face side of the refractory material to adjacent the hot-face side of the refractory material. The one or more cooling apertures may further comprise a copper tube. A cooling system delivers a cooling liquid to the one or more cooling apertures, and the cooling liquid draws heat from the adjacent refractory material, including the hot-face side, and evaporates to allow replacement cooling liquid to further draw heat from the adjacent refractory material. | 05-21-2015 |