Method and apparatus for production of continuous metal strip
US5359874A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB21C37/04
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Twin metal billets are fed to dual circumferential grooves formed in a rotating wheel. The billets are advanced first to a wedge-shaped gap which deforms the billets and are then advanced to a die. The die has a die opening with a circumferentially discontinuous, annular cross-section. The metal from each billet merges in the die opening and exits therefrom in the form of a slit tube. The tube is then opened and flattened to form a flat strip by advancing the slit tube over a forming member having a progressively increasing width.
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