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Process for marking the surface of a rolling mill

US4806731A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 23, 1988
Grant dateFeb 21, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 23, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12993
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rolling mill is rotated while microscopic dents with peripheral ridges are formed by an intermittent laser beam in the presence of a gas jet directed at the beam impact zone. The output and the angle of incidence of the gas jet are controlled and microscopic dents are formed with a ridge on only part of their periphery. Steel sheet cold-rolled by means of such a roll has uniformly distributed hollows, each hollow partially surrounding an elevation.

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