Disclosed is a cooling system (104) and method for a metal processing system (100). The cooling system (104) includes a cooling header (114), an exhaust system (118), a temperature sensor (128), and a controller (130). The cooling header (114) selectively dispenses a coolant onto a metal substrate (110), and the exhaust system (118) removes heated coolant from the metal substrate (110). The temperature sensor (128) is downstream from the cooling header (114) and detects a temperature profile of the metal substrate (110) across a width of the metal substrate. The controller (130) is communicatively coupled to the cooling header (114) and the temperature sensor (128), and the controller (130) controls the cooling header (114) based at least on a detected temperature profile.

A six-high rolling (also known as sexto) mill stand that is suited for hot rolling an intermediate strip into a thin strip that is less than 0.8 mm thick. A combined casting and rolling installation that includes the six-high rolling mill stand allowing for hot rolling in long uninterrupted sequences, without any change of the work rolls to obtain a strip with good geometry due to moderate rolling forces.

A six-high rolling (also known as sexto) mill stand that is suited for hot rolling an intermediate strip into a thin strip that is less than 0.8 mm thick. A combined casting and rolling installation that includes the six-high rolling mill stand allowing for hot rolling in long uninterrupted sequences, without any change of the work rolls to obtain a strip with good geometry due to moderate rolling forces.

A method and device for cooling a preliminary strip of metal in a hot rolling mill including work rolls by spraying a cooling agent on to the preliminary strip, screening the preliminary strip in an edge area of the strip from influence of the cooling agent, and deflecting the cooling agent in the area of the strip edges of the preliminary strip, wherein the cooling agent is deflected from the strip edges in an area of an inlet guide of a work a work roll.

A method and device for cooling a preliminary strip of metal in a hot rolling mill including work rolls by spraying a cooling agent on to the preliminary strip, screening the preliminary strip in an edge area of the strip from influence of the cooling agent, and deflecting the cooling agent in the area of the strip edges of the preliminary strip, wherein the cooling agent is deflected from the strip edges in an area of an inlet guide of a work a work roll.

Method for reducing unevenness in a strip subjected to cooling by spraying of liquid, or a mixture of gas and liquid, along a cooling zone of a continuous heat treatment one, the cooling intensity being adjusted in the direction of travel of the strip so as to achieve a relative position between the Leidenfrost temperature and at least one temperature at which the metallurgical structure changes such that said cooling intensity minimizes the internal stresses of the strip, and device for implementing the method.

Method for reducing unevenness in a strip subjected to cooling by spraying of liquid, or a mixture of gas and liquid, along a cooling zone of a continuous heat treatment one, the cooling intensity being adjusted in the direction of travel of the strip so as to achieve a relative position between the Leidenfrost temperature and at least one temperature at which the metallurgical structure changes such that said cooling intensity minimizes the internal stresses of the strip, and device for implementing the method.

A method and an installation for inductively heating flat objects that are transported in a feed direction. The installation has at least one transverse field inductor device which extends transversely to the feed direction over the width of the flat object and has a longitudinal axis running parallel to the transverse axis of the flat object. The transverse field inductor device is positioned such that the longitudinal axis extends in a vertical plane obliquely with respect to the transverse axis of the flat object. With the method it is possible to vary the distance between the flat object and the inductor device and thus the temperature distribution over the transverse profile of the flat object so that the flat object is heated homogeneously.

A method and an installation for inductively heating flat objects that are transported in a feed direction. The installation has at least one transverse field inductor device which extends transversely to the feed direction over the width of the flat object and has a longitudinal axis running parallel to the transverse axis of the flat object. The transverse field inductor device is positioned such that the longitudinal axis extends in a vertical plane obliquely with respect to the transverse axis of the flat object. With the method it is possible to vary the distance between the flat object and the inductor device and thus the temperature distribution over the transverse profile of the flat object so that the flat object is heated homogeneously.