EP0660755A1 - Device for linear spraying of a liquid, particularly a cooling liquid. - Google Patents
Device for linear spraying of a liquid, particularly a cooling liquid.Info
- Publication number
- EP0660755A1 EP0660755A1 EP93920887A EP93920887A EP0660755A1 EP 0660755 A1 EP0660755 A1 EP 0660755A1 EP 93920887 A EP93920887 A EP 93920887A EP 93920887 A EP93920887 A EP 93920887A EP 0660755 A1 EP0660755 A1 EP 0660755A1
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- Prior art keywords
- liquid
- notches
- box
- elongated part
- elongated
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/24—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device
- B05B7/2483—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device the supplying means involving no pressure or aspiration, e.g. means involving gravity or capillarity
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
- B05B7/025—Nozzles having elongated outlets, e.g. slots, for the material to be sprayed
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
- B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
- B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
- B05B7/08—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with separate outlet orifices, e.g. to form parallel jets, i.e. the axis of the jets being parallel, to form intersecting jets, i.e. the axis of the jets converging but not necessarily intersecting at a point
- B05B7/0807—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with separate outlet orifices, e.g. to form parallel jets, i.e. the axis of the jets being parallel, to form intersecting jets, i.e. the axis of the jets converging but not necessarily intersecting at a point to form intersecting jets
- B05B7/0846—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with separate outlet orifices, e.g. to form parallel jets, i.e. the axis of the jets being parallel, to form intersecting jets, i.e. the axis of the jets converging but not necessarily intersecting at a point to form intersecting jets with jets being only jets constituted by a liquid or a mixture containing a liquid
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
- B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
- B21B45/0203—Cooling
- B21B45/0209—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants
- B21B45/0215—Cooling devices, e.g. using gaseous coolants using liquid coolants, e.g. for sections, for tubes
- B21B45/0233—Spray nozzles, Nozzle headers; Spray systems
Definitions
- Apparatus for linear spraying of a liquid in particular for cooling.
- the present invention relates to a device for spraying a liquid and, more particularly, to such a linear device designed for the linear spraying of a coolant on hot objects such as "blooms" obtained at the outlet of the rolling mill. or continuous casting in the steel industry.
- a linear sprayer of cooling water arranged perpendicular to the direction of advancement of the bloom and parallel to the faces thereof so as to sprinkle them with this water.
- said linear sprayers should each be able to cover the largest possible area so as to limit their number and the associated maintenance problems such as the maintenance of plumbing, the more complex the number of sprayers to be. supply is large and simplifies the adjustment of flow rates by limiting the number of valves.
- the flow rate of water sprayed can vary over a wide range of flow rates.
- the variation ratio reaches 3 or 4 at most while a ratio greater than 10 would be desirable in the steel industry so that identical and therefore interchangeable sprayers can be used in various places requiring cooling of different intensities adjusted by adjusting the water flow rates of the sprayers.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to produce an apparatus for linear spraying of a liquid, in particular a cooling liquid, which makes it possible to reach wide spraying angles without resorting to spraying slots with a width of less than a millimeter.
- the aim of the present invention is also to produce such a spraying device having a large variation ratio of the flow rate of sprayed liquid, typically greater 10.
- a device for linear spraying of a liquid in particular a cooling liquid, of the type which comprises means arranged in a box. for bringing the liquid into an elongated spray nozzle and formed in the wall of the box and means for injecting a gas into this box to spray the liquid brought into the nozzle and entrain it out of the box.
- the apparatus comprises an elongated part arranged in the box to be watered by the liquid leaving the liquid supply means which then spreads over a surface convex of this part to be entrained by the gas and to flow towards two elongated slots adjacent to the nozzle and which converge therein, the widths of the slots varying periodically and additionally along their length so as to delimit two layers of the liquid mixture / gases which interpenetrate at the level of the spout, forming at the outlet thereof a liquid mist confined in a dihedral opening from the spout.
- each slot is delimited by a part of the internal wall of the box and a surface of the elongated part arranged opposite and which extends one end of the convex surface of this part, the two surfaces of the elongated part which each delimit a slit intersecting at the level of the spray nozzle.
- These surfaces are hollowed out with notches distributed regularly throughout the spray nozzle, the notches on one surface being offset longitudinally from the notches on the other surface.
- the notches have, along the longitudinal axis of the elongated part, a fixed width equal to that of the surface elements which separate them, the notches of one of the surfaces being offset from the notches of the other surface by the width of these elements of surface.
- - Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of the linear spraying apparatus according to the present invention
- - Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view along the section line II-II of Figure 1
- FIG. 3 is a view of the elongated part forming part of the apparatus according to the invention, taken along arrow F of Figure 2.
- the apparatus according to the invention comprises a box 1 generally parallelepiped which communicates with a source (not shown) of a gas such as air, by a conduit 2.
- a source not shown
- the box 1 there are means for supplying a liquid constituted by a series of tubes 3 X to 3 17 mounted parallel to each other and perpendicular to a liquid supply pipe 4 connected to a source of such a liquid (not shown).
- the duct 4 serves to close one face of the box 1 on which it is fixed by welding seams, for example.
- FIG. 2 where, for the sake of clarity, only the axes of these tubes have been shown, these are regularly spaced and open out in the vicinity of a curved surface 5 1 of an elongated part 5 of which the presence in the apparatus constitutes an essential characteristic of the present invention.
- a linear sprayer comprising means for supplying water into a spray nozzle and boxes adjacent to this nozzle and connected to a source of pressurized air for spraying water. brought in the beak.
- this known sprayer does not include organs such as this elongated part and therefore does not provide the advantages which are drawn from it and which will be described below.
- the elongated part 5 takes the form of a bar having, in addition to its convex surface 5 1; two others contiguous surfaces 5 2 , 5 3 completing its external surface and which are visible in FIG. 3. In this figure it appears that these surfaces are hollowed out with notches referenced 6 2 , 6 3 respectively, these notches being distributed regularly throughout the part, the notches 6 2 on one surface 5 2 being offset longitudinally from the notches 6 3 on the other surface 5 3 .
- the surfaces 5 2 , 5 3 face respectively parts of the internal wall of the box 1, adjacent to a spray nozzle 7 cut out from the wall of the box 1 opposite to that which is closed by the conduit 4.
- the surfaces 5 2 , 5 3 are separated from these wall parts so as to delimit slots 8 1 , 8 2 respectively, by which the gas and the liquid injected into the box can exit from it by the spray nozzle 7 on which the two slots converge.
- the notches 6 2 , 6 3 have, along the longitudinal axis of the elongated part 5, a fixed width equal to that of planar surface elements which separate them, the notches of a surfaces of the elongated part being offset longitudinally from the notches of the other surface of this part, by the width of a plane surface element. It will be noted incidentally that these notches take the form of cells with a curved bottom.
- the operation of the apparatus according to the invention is then established as follows.
- a liquid and a gas under pressure supplying respectively the conduits 4 and 2
- the liquid flowing from the ends of the tubes 3 1 to 3 17 sprinkles the elongated part 5 over the entire length of its convex surface 5 1 # which may be a surface cylindrical of revolution for example.
- the liquid then spreads over this surface and follows the profile of its curvature by Coanda effect before entering the slots 8 1 , 8 2 with the injected gas which causes it by viscous friction in the constriction delimited by the convex surface and the internal wall of the box.
- the notches 6 2 , 6 3 could take forms other than those of cells with a curved bottom. This is how these notches could present, for example, flat backgrounds.
- the surface elements separating the notches could take forms other than planar insofar as the elements of the sheet of the liquid / gas mixture that these intervals define continue to have a smaller cross-section than that of the elements of the sheet delimited by the notches.
- a spraying angle a of 60 ° of a coolant consisting of water and sprayed with a gas consisting of air, these fluids being supplied to the device under relative pressures of 1 and 0.1 bar respectively.
- the mean planes of the two slots define a dihedral of approximately 120 ° opening.
- the width of the spray nozzle and the slots is everywhere more than 1 mm, in order to avoid the clogging problems mentioned above.
- the radius of the cylindrical surface 5 of the elongated part 5 is 20 mm while the pitch of the tubes is 10 mm.
- the present invention it is possible to further enlarge the angle ⁇ of diffusion of the liquid mist by mounting a deflecting skirt 9 on the apparatus, as shown in broken lines in FIG. 1.
- This skirt has an opening angle calculated so that , by the Coanda effect which results from its presence, the liquid mist approaches the inner wall of the skirt by increasing the angle of diffusion of the mist which can then reach a value a 'of approximately 90 °, for example.
- the device according to the invention has other advantages.
- the flow rate can be regulated in an extremely wide range which can be quantified by an extreme flow rate ratio greater than 10 and which can even reach 15, that is to say a flow rate rate much greater than those observed with the devices of the prior art where this ratio only reaches 3 or 4.
- this flexibility in fixing the flow rate makes it possible to install the device according to the invention in various locations. a cooling installation for which the fluid flows necessary for cooling are very different. This results in great flexibility in the use of this device.
- the tubes can be kept thereof filled during a stop period of spraying. This filling reduces the device's reboot time when it is restarted.
- the elongated part 5 By mounting the elongated part 5 so that it can be disassembled by axial extraction or by adopting another mounting method consisting in making a removable sprayer nose comprising the elongated part 5 and the spout 7, it is easier to disassemble and allows quick access to the interior of the device for cleaning, for example, or the replacement of the elongated part by another part of geometry suitable for obtaining other performance.
- the invention is not limited to the embodiment described and shown and to the application mentioned, which have been given only by way of example.
- the apparatus according to the invention can also be used for cooling aluminum profiles, large beams, or spraying liquids other than coolants such as varnish, paint, etc.
- 'Apparatus according to the invention could operate with any orientation in the space of the spray nozzle.
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Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR9211164 | 1992-09-18 | ||
FR9211164A FR2695842B1 (en) | 1992-09-18 | 1992-09-18 | Apparatus for linear spraying of a liquid, in particular for cooling. |
PCT/FR1993/000891 WO1994006569A1 (en) | 1992-09-18 | 1993-09-16 | Device for linear spraying of a liquid, particularly a cooling liquid |
Publications (2)
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EP0660755A1 true EP0660755A1 (en) | 1995-07-05 |
EP0660755B1 EP0660755B1 (en) | 1996-10-23 |
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EP93920887A Expired - Lifetime EP0660755B1 (en) | 1992-09-18 | 1993-09-16 | Device for linear spraying of a liquid, particularly a cooling liquid |
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US (1) | US5628460A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0660755B1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE69305651T2 (en) |
FR (1) | FR2695842B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1994006569A1 (en) |
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FR2759924B1 (en) * | 1997-02-24 | 1999-04-30 | Bertin & Cie | APPARATUS FOR LINEAR SPRAYING OF A LIQUID, ESPECIALLY COOLING, AND COOLING TUNNEL EQUIPPED WITH SUCH APPARATUS |
DE19820432A1 (en) | 1998-05-07 | 1999-11-11 | Voith Sulzer Papiertech Patent | Method and device for applying an application medium to a running surface |
NZ525880A (en) * | 2003-05-14 | 2005-11-25 | Methven Ltd | Method and apparatus for producing droplet spray |
DE102010004172A1 (en) * | 2010-01-07 | 2011-07-14 | Fleissner GmbH, 63329 | Device for impacting flat material by pressurized medium, has nozzle strips whose lower side is designed as surface inclinedly running in direction of discharging water jets, where lower side exhibits jet gap in extension direction |
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US3365137A (en) * | 1966-05-09 | 1968-01-23 | Diamond Int Corp | Liquid dispenser head which develops a fan-like spray |
FR2578449B1 (en) * | 1985-03-06 | 1987-05-07 | Bertin & Cie | LINEAR SPRAYING DEVICE |
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- 1992-09-18 FR FR9211164A patent/FR2695842B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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- 1993-09-16 DE DE69305651T patent/DE69305651T2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-09-16 EP EP93920887A patent/EP0660755B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-09-16 WO PCT/FR1993/000891 patent/WO1994006569A1/en active IP Right Grant
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FR2695842A1 (en) | 1994-03-25 |
DE69305651D1 (en) | 1996-11-28 |
DE69305651T2 (en) | 1998-01-29 |
FR2695842B1 (en) | 1994-12-30 |
WO1994006569A1 (en) | 1994-03-31 |
US5628460A (en) | 1997-05-13 |
EP0660755B1 (en) | 1996-10-23 |
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