Method of flattening metal strip

US6327883A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BWG BERGWERK—UND WALZWERK—MASCHINENBAU GMBH

Inventors

• Rolf Noe · Mülheim, DE
• Andreas Noe · Kerken, DE
• Stefan Sonntag · Blöden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2001
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B21B2261/21
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Strip tension in metal strip subjected to a plastic deformation such as skin or dressing rolling, stretch bend leveling or stretching is adjusted by local variation of the temperature to establish a temperature profile which minimizes waviness and camber in metal strip.