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Method of connecting strips

US8061581B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SMS SIEMAG AG · DE

Inventors

Holger Behrens · Reutlingen, DE
Robert H. Berg · Elmhurst, US
Lutz Kuemmel · Jüchen, DE
Manuel Bendler · Senden, DE
Ralf-Hartmut Sohl · Solingen, DE
Peter de Kock · Oberhausen, DE
Michael Tomzig · Hattersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 31, 2011
Grant date	Nov 22, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of connecting of strips to an endless strip with a clamping arrangement (110, 120) with a clamping device (110-r, 120-r) on the inlet side and a clamping device (110-1, 120-1) on the outlet side, a cutting arrangement (155) with an upper cutter (150) and a lower cutter (130) and with a joining arrangement, wherein in a first step the clamping devices are opened and two strip ends are introduced, and in a subsequent step in the next step the strip ends are introduced, and in a subsequent step in the next step the strip ends are cut by means of the cutting arrangement, before they are moved into a joining position and are joined there.

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