Direct-drive coiler

US6216977A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Setzer · Siegen, DE
• Ulrich Patzelt · Hilchenbach, DE
• Georg Gernand · Kreuztal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2001
• Expiry date: May 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16L39/04
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

For a directly driven coiler for winding rolled strip into coils, a piston/cylinder unit is proposed which can be supplied with pressure medium through rotary feeds arranged on a shaft extension or on a coiler shaft.