Patent 7318267 was granted and assigned to ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO.,LTD. on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Arranged are a twin- or single-roll continuous casting machine supplied with molten metal from a tundish arranged above so as to continuously cast a strip with a predetermined width, a trimmer arranged downstream of the continuous casting machine to trim widthwise edges of the strip and a rolling mill arranged downstream of the trimmer.