EP3199255A4 - Rail manufacturing method and rail manufacturing apparatus - Google Patents

Rail manufacturing method and rail manufacturing apparatus Download PDF

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Publication number: EP3199255A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: rail manufacturing; rail; manufacturing apparatus; manufacturing
Prior art date: 2014-09-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP15845139.3A

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Kenji OKUSHIRO

Hideo Kijima

Hiroyuki Fukuda

Moriyasu YAMAGUCHI

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JFE Steel Corp

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JFE Steel Corp

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2014-09-22

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2015-09-10

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2017-11-01

2015-09-10 Application filed by JFE Steel Corp filed Critical JFE Steel Corp

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2017-11-01 Publication of EP3199255A4 publication Critical patent/EP3199255A4/en

2020-07-22 Application granted granted Critical

2020-07-22 Publication of EP3199255B1 publication Critical patent/EP3199255B1/en

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2035-09-10 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
- C21D9/04—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for rails
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
- B21B1/00—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations
- B21B1/08—Metal-rolling methods or mills for making semi-finished products of solid or profiled cross-section; Sequence of operations in milling trains; Layout of rolling-mill plant, e.g. grouping of stands; Succession of passes or of sectional pass alternations for rolling structural sections, i.e. work of special cross-section, e.g. angle steel
- B21B1/085—Rail sections
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
- C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
- C21D8/00—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment
- C21D8/005—Modifying the physical properties by deformation combined with, or followed by, heat treatment of ferrous alloys
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- C22C38/18—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium
- C22C38/40—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel
- C22C38/42—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing chromium with nickel with copper
- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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- C22C38/60—Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys containing lead, selenium, tellurium, or antimony, or more than 0.04% by weight of sulfur
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JP2014192919		2014-09-22
PCT/JP2015/004617 WO2016047076A1 (en)	2014-09-22	2015-09-10	Rail manufacturing method and rail manufacturing apparatus

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EP3199255A1 EP3199255A1 (en)	2017-08-02
EP3199255A4 true EP3199255A4 (en)	2017-11-01
EP3199255B1 EP3199255B1 (en)	2020-07-22

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US (1)	US20170283895A1 (en)
EP (1)	EP3199255B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP6233525B2 (en)
CN (1)	CN106714990A (en)
AU (2)	AU2015323176A1 (en)
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WO (1)	WO2016047076A1 (en)

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