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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Primetals Technologies France Sas, Savigneux, FR;
Jérémie Ruesch, St. Martin la Plaine, FR;
Herve Thomasson, Seysuel, FR;
Cedric Vercasson, Saint Chamond, FR;
Primetals Technologies France SAS, Savigneux, FR;
Abstract
A device for moving at least one cutting and welding arrangement able to cut, then weld a tail of a first metal strip to a head of a second metal strip, includes at least one first carriage holding at least one welding head. The first carriage is movable over a guide path following a first course across a transverse strip region. At least one second carriage is movable separately from the first carriage and holds a cutting head. The second carriage is movable on a guide path following a second course. The welding head is used exclusively for a welding mode, the second carriage is used exclusively for a cutting mode and the two carriages have parked positions on either side of the tail and head widths of the strips. A welding method which is associated with the device is also provided.