The invention relates to a method for the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a heating of a cast or rolled metal product, comprising the following steps: —determining the total enthalpy of the metal product from a total of the free molar enthalpies (Gibbs free energy) of all phases and/or phase fractions currently present in the metal product; —determining a temperature distribution within the metal product by means of a dynamic temperature calculation model by using the determined total enthalpy; and —open-loop and/or closed-loop controlling of the heating of the metal product according to at least one initial variable of the temperature calculation model.

A plated steel sheet having excellent fusion resistance, and a manufacturing method. therefor are provided. Provided is a hot forming plated steel sheet having a plated layer formed on one surface or the both surfaces of a base steel sheet and having excellent fusion resistance, wherein a surface layer portion of the plated layer is comprised of an hard alloy layer with a surface area ratio of 1% or more including hard alloy phases, the hard alloy layer having a thickness of 0.1-100 μm, and a balance of a soft plating layer, wherein the hard alloy phases comprise Al, Zn, Mg, Si, Fe and a balance of unavoidable impurities, a sum of Al, Zn and Fe being 70 wt % or more on the basis of weight % thereof.

A casting-rolling installation (10) with at least one finishing train (12), having at least a last roll stand (14) and with a cooling device (16) arranged downstream of the finishing train (12). To achieve a metallurgically advantageous microstructure, at least one temperature adjusting element (18) is provided, for increasing or at least substantially keeping constant a temperature of an object, in particular a workpiece, in order to counteract cooling of the object or the workpiece, which temperature adjusting element is arranged after the last roll stand (14) and before the cooling device (16) and/or is arranged after the last roll stand (14) and after the cooling device (16).

A casting-rolling installation (10) with at least one finishing train (12), having at least a last roll stand (14) and with a cooling device (16) arranged downstream of the finishing train (12). To achieve a metallurgically advantageous microstructure, at least one temperature adjusting element (18) is provided, for increasing or at least substantially keeping constant a temperature of an object, in particular a workpiece, in order to counteract cooling of the object or the workpiece, which temperature adjusting element is arranged after the last roll stand (14) and before the cooling device (16) and/or is arranged after the last roll stand (14) and after the cooling device (16).

The present disclosure relates to a CHQ wire rod that has improved resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture while securing cold forging characteristics by reducing Si content and adding Mo and V, a processed product using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a CHQ wire rod includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.3 to 0.5%, Si: 0.1 to 0.3%, Mn: 0.5 to 1.0%, at least two or more of Cr: 0.5 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.2%, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and the value of the following formula (1) is 3.56 or more.

The present disclosure relates to a CHQ wire rod that has improved resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture while securing cold forging characteristics by reducing Si content and adding Mo and V, a processed product using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a CHQ wire rod includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.3 to 0.5%, Si: 0.1 to 0.3%, Mn: 0.5 to 1.0%, at least two or more of Cr: 0.5 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.2%, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and the value of the following formula (1) is 3.56 or more.

A cooling device cooling an undersurface of a hot rolled steel sheet that is being transported on transport rolls after finish rolling of a hot rolling step includes: width divided cooling zones that are a plurality of cooling zones into which a whole cooling zone is divided in a sheet width direction; divided cooling sections that are a plurality of cooling zones into which each of the width divided cooling zones is divided in the rolling direction; a water nozzle spraying cooling water over each of undersurfaces of the divided cooling sections; a switching mechanism switching the cooling water between impinging and not impinging on the divided cooling sections; a width direction thermometer measuring a temperature distribution in the sheet width direction; and a controller controlling operation of the switching mechanism.

A cooling device cooling an undersurface of a hot rolled steel sheet that is being transported on transport rolls after finish rolling of a hot rolling step includes: width divided cooling zones that are a plurality of cooling zones into which a whole cooling zone is divided in a sheet width direction; divided cooling sections that are a plurality of cooling zones into which each of the width divided cooling zones is divided in the rolling direction; a water nozzle spraying cooling water over each of undersurfaces of the divided cooling sections; a switching mechanism switching the cooling water between impinging and not impinging on the divided cooling sections; a width direction thermometer measuring a temperature distribution in the sheet width direction; and a controller controlling operation of the switching mechanism.

The invention relates to a cooling device 100 for cooling a metallic product and a method for its operation. The cooling device 100 has at least one cooling bar 110 with a plurality N of spraying regions I, II, III which are adjacent in pairs and which each have at least one spray nozzle 130 for spraying a coolant onto the metallic product. Valves are provided for individually adjusting the pressure or the volume flow of the coolant 300 in each of the spraying regions. The valves 120 and a pump for the coolant are controlled individually with the aid of a control device 150. In order to improve the application of coolant to the metallic product, the invention provides that at least one partition wall is provided for the at least one cooling bar of the cooling device according to the invention to divide the interior of the cooling bar into at least two chambers, each of the spraying regions being assigned to a different one of the chambers. The partition wall is shaped at least approximately in accordance with the course of the temperature distribution in a predetermined width section of the metallic product before it enters the cooling device, and the partition wall is arranged in the cooling bar over this width section.

In a cooling path, hot rolled material composed of metal is cooled. The cooling path has a pump which extracts coolant from a coolant reservoir and feeds said coolant via a line system to a number of coolant outlets which are controlled by means of valves positioned upstream of the coolant outlets. A control device of the cooling path determines activation states (Ci) for the valves for a respective point in time taking into consideration coolant flows (Wi) which are intended to be discharged via the coolant outlets at the respective point in time, in conjunction with a working pressure (pA) of the coolant prevailing at the inlet side of the valve. By adding the coolant flows (Wi), said control device determines a total coolant flow (WG).