METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOLING CONDITIONS OF HEATED BODY Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering. SUBSTANCE: method involves measuring temperature of body at output of previous aggregate for heat treatment at time moment of transferring that body to cooling system and temperature of body at inlet of cooling system; determining parameters of body motion; setting, according to assortment and material type, temperature of body cooling termination, calculating consumption of cooling agent and controlling the consumption by switching on and off the number of operated cooling sections; controlling cooling agent consumption to area of body surface along cooling zones in dependence on temperature values of body surface and mode of its motion and/or setting cooling rate of body by its cross sections and technological range of that rate fluctuation and/or controlling mode of body motion and/or removing part of cooling agent out of cooling zone and/or interlocking cooling process not controlled by removal of cooling agent outside cooling zones. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of controlling cooling conditions. 4 dwg, 1 tbl