Patent ID: 6192564
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B21B,B23C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A surface cutting apparatus for hot-rolled steel products for cutting the top and bottom surfaces of a hot-rolled steel product having a width continuously or intermittently by passing said steel product between a pair of upper and lower milling cutters rotating in a direction reverse to each other and having a width at least as wide as said steel product width, said apparatus having upper and lower chip discharge ducts and having an opening at least as wide as the width of said upper and lower milling cutters near a rear side in the rotating direction of the upper and lower milling cutters, respectively, for discharging high-temperature chips, which are produced during the cutting of hot-rolled steel product by said upper and lower milling cutters, so as to prevent adhesion of the high-temperature chips to the surface of the hot-rolled steel products.