Patent ID: 6192729
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
A method for depositing bars onto a cooling bed in a rolling mill plant, comprising:receiving a first bar in a first channel of a first drum;receiving a second bar in a second channel of said first drum;receiving a third bar in a first channel of a second drum;receiving a fourth bar in a second channel of said second drum;rotating said first drum through a first angle, thereby discharging said first bar from said first channel of said first drum onto the cooling bed; thenrotating said first drum through a second angle, thereby discharging said second bar from said second channel of said first drum onto the cooling bed; thenrotating said second drum through a first angle, thereby discharging said third bar from said first channel of said second drum onto the cooling bed; and thenrotating said second drum through a second angle, thereby discharging said fourth bar from said second channel of said second drum onto the cooling bed.