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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
May. 28, 2019
Sms Group Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Lutz Kümmel, Jüchen, DE;
Thomas Daube, Duisburg, DE;
SMS group GmbH, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method and a vacuum-coating system () for coating a strip-shaped material (), in particular made of metal, are disclosed. Thereby, the strip-shaped material () is moved over a conveying section () in a transport direction (T) and vacuum-coated within a coating chamber () in which a vacuum is applied. When viewed in the transport direction (T) of the strip-shaped material (), at least one trimming shear () is arranged upstream of the coating chamber (), with which the strip-shaped material () is trimmed at at least one strip edge, preferably at both strip edges, in order to produce a constant width for the strip-shaped material () over its longitudinal extension.