This application is the National Stage of PCT/AT2010/000082 filed on Mar. 18, 2010, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง119 of Austrian Application No. A 482/2009 filed on Mar. 25, 2009, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference. The international application under POT article 21(2) was not published in English.
The invention relates to a method for preheating annealing goods in a hood-type annealing installation, comprising two annealing bases which accommodate the annealing goods under a protective cover, with the annealing goods to be subjected to a heat treatment under a protective cover being preheated with the help of a gaseous heat carrier which is guided in a cycle between two protective covers and absorbs heat from annealing goods which are heat-treated in a protective cover and emits it to the annealing goods to be preheated in the other protective cover.
Hood-type annealing installations are used for subjecting annealing goods such as hot-formed or cold-formed strips or wires under protective gas to a heat treatment. For this purpose, the annealing goods accommodated by an annealing base are heated under a protective cover in a protective-gas atmosphere, which occurs with the help of a heating cover which is placed over the protective cover which is heated electrically or via gas burners, so that the annealing goods are heated to treatment temperature substantially by radiation heat on the outside wall of the protective cover and convection from the inside wall of the protective cover. During the heat treatment, the lubricant residues adhering to the annealing goods will evaporate and be removed from the protective cover with a partial stream of the protective gas. The annealing goods are cooled again after the heat treatment. In order to enable the utilization of a part of the heat obtained during the cooling of the annealing goods for preheating the annealing goods that yet need to be subjected to a heat treatment, it is known in hood-type annealing installations with at least two annealing bases to provide a flow connection for recirculating a gaseous heat carrier between the protective covers of two annealing bases which on the one hand already carry hot annealing goods that have already been subjected to heat treatment and on the other hand cold annealing goods that will be subjected to such a treatment, so that the heat absorbed from the heat carrier within the protective cover with the hot annealing goods can be used for preheating the cold annealing goods in the other protective cover, which comes with the disadvantage however that as a result of the cycle guidance of the heat carrier there is a likelihood that lubricants which evaporate during the preheating of the cold annealing goods will contaminate the heat-treated annealing goods that have already been purified from lubricants. If the direct contact of the hot and cold protective gas is to be avoided, a complex additional gas/gas heat exchange is necessary. In both cases, the protective gas flows need to be guided through large openings in the base, leading to high safety risks.
The invention is thus based on the object of providing a method of the kind mentioned above for preheating annealing goods in a hood-type annealing installation in such a way that the likelihood of contamination of the annealing goods that have already been subjected to heat treatment can be excluded.
This object is achieved by the invention in such a way that the heat carrier flow guided in a cycle flows around the two protective covers on the outside, whereas a protective gas is circulated within the protective covers, so that no lead-through openings in the base are necessary, among other things.
Since as a result of this measure the heat carrier guided in the cycle does not come into contact with the annealing goods, no impurities can be transferred from the cold to the hot annealing goods via this heat carrier flow. The heat transfer occurs via the protective covers, in which protective gas is circulated for heat transport. As a result of this fact, the heat carrier itself can consist of air without having to fear any formation of oxides on the surface of the annealing goods by the air oxygen.
Different hood-type annealing installations can be used for performing such a method for preheating annealing goods. One possibility is provided in a hood-type annealing installation with two annealing bases receiving the annealing goods under a protective cover, with circulating devices for a protective gas associated with the protective covers and a cycle guidance for a gaseous heat carrier between the two protective covers in that the cycle guidance for the heat carrier is provided with one heat-insulated enclosure each which enclose the two protective covers at a distance, and a flow connection is provided between the two enclosures for the cycle guidance of the heat carrier. The heat carrier therefore flows between the two enclosures in a cycle, with the same absorbing heat over the protective cover with the hot annealing goods and emitting the heat via the other protective hood to the cold annealing goods until a temperature balance occurs. The hot annealing goods will then be cooled in a conventional manner with a cooling cover, whereas the preheated annealing goods must be heated to the respective treatment temperature in that the enclosure will be replaced by a heating cover.
A further embodiment of a hood-type annealing installation for preheating the annealing goods is obtained when the cycle guidance for the heat carrier comprises a heat-insulated enclosure which jointly encloses the two protective covers and comprises at least one fan for the cycle guidance of the heat carrier. The heat carrier which is circulated in this common enclosure ensures a temperature balance between the protective covers with the hot and cold annealing material, with the cycle guidance of the protective gas in the protective covers ensuring a heat transfer from and to the annealing goods. The heat carrier must flow in a respective manner against the protective covers in order to improve the heat transfer. For this purpose, guide walls for cycle guidance of the heat carrier can be provided within the enclosure.
Finally, the heating cover which is placed over the protective cover and necessary for its heating can be used for preheating the annealing goods when the cycle guidance for the heat carrier comprises a heat-insulated enclosure which encloses the goods to be preheated at a distance and which is flow-connected with the heating cover placed over the protective cover with the heat-treated annealing goods for cycle guidance of the heat carrier. In this case, the protective cover which accommodates the annealing goods to be preheated merely needs to be provided with a separate enclosure because the heating cover for the already heat-treated annealing goods can be used in an advantageous manner for the guidance of the heat carrier. With a respective flow connection between the heating cover and the enclosure for the protective cover of the annealing goods to be preheated, the heat carrier can be guided in a simple manner in a cycle. The heat transfer conditions between the heat carrier and the protective cover within the enclosure can be optimized by means of respective guide devices which are provided between the enclosure and the protective cover.
Simplified conditions for the alternating preheating and cooling of annealing goods placed on the annealing bases are obtained when the heat-insulated enclosure is arranged in the same manner as the heating cover. The direction of flow of the heat carrier can preferably be reversible.
The method in accordance with the invention for preheating annealing goods in a hood-type annealing installation is described in closer detail by reference to the drawings, wherein:
In accordance with the embodiment according to
After the heat treatment of the annealing goods 4 within the protective cover 7, the heating cover used for this purpose is removed and replaced by the heat-insulated enclosure 9. The cold annealing goods 3 which are received by the annealing base 2 are to be preheated before use of a heating cover, which occurs with the help of the heat of the already heat-treated hot annealing goods 4. For this purpose, the protective cover 8 which accommodates the cold annealing goods 3 is provided with a enclosure 9, so that the heated heat carrier is conveyed via fan 11 from the enclosure 9 for the protective cover 7 with the hot annealing goods 4 to the enclosure 9 for the protective cover 8 with the cold annealing goods 3. Since there is simultaneously a conveyance of heat via the protective covers 7, 8 between the protective gas and the heat carrier via the fan 5 for circulating a protective gas within the protective covers 7 and 8, the heat removed from the hot annealing goods 4 is supplied to the cold annealing goods with the help of the cycle guidance of the heat carrier and the annealing goods are preheated accordingly until the temperature in the two enclosures 9 is substantially balanced. In order to continue the cooling of the heat-treated annealing goods 4, the cycle guidance of the heat carrier must be interrupted, with fresh air being drawn into the enclosure 9 for the continued cooling of the annealing goods 4 or the cooling is continued in a conventional manner, in a cooling cover (not shown) with air or water. The heat treatment of the preheated annealing goods 3 is continued by the exchange of the enclosure 9 by a heating cover, with the help of which the preheated annealing goods 3 are further heated to the necessary treatment temperature. After the heat treatment of annealing goods 3, their heat can be used again for preheating cold annealing goods, which is then subjected to analogous preheating on the annealing base 1.
The embodiment according to
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It is understood that the heating cover 15 and the enclosure 9 can further accommodate the annealing goods to be heated or cooled in an alternating manner and can be arranged similarly, and the circulating device for the protective gas can be reversible.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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482/2009 | Mar 2009 | AT | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind | 371c Date |
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PCT/AT2010/000082 | 3/18/2010 | WO | 00 | 9/20/2011 |
Publishing Document | Publishing Date | Country | Kind |
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WO2010/108204 | 9/30/2010 | WO | A |
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