Patent ID: 6178768
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B21B

Abstract:
Cooling device for cooling a hot, moving metal strip (1) by means of laminar coolant jets, consisting of at least one water box (3) located across the direction of strip travel, into which at least one coolant supply line (4) leads and from which a plurality of coolant discharge lines (5) arranged at a distance from one another depart, characterized in that one shut-off device (6) is allocated to each coolant discharge line (5) on the outlet side and a diffusor (21) for focusing each of the coolant jets is additionally allocated to each coolant discharge line (5), the shut-off device (6) being connected downstream of the diffusor (21) and the diameter of the port (15) being larger than the diameter of the outlet in the diffusor (21).