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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Primetals Technologies Germany Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Josef Hofbauer, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
A processing plant for metal strips () has a welding machine, a strip store downstream of the welding machine and a processing device downstream of the strip store. The metal strips are welded to form a continuous strip with the welding machine, which is stored in the strip store and output from there to the processing device. The metal strips are connected via diagonally extending weld seams. To join the weld seams, first the strip head () and the strip foot () of the metal strips are twisted and the two strips are connected by forming the weld seam. The weld seam extends only transversely to the transport direction (x) during the welding process. Finally, the strip head and the strip foot of the metal strips are twisted back again. As a result, the weld seam now extends diagonally to the transport direction (x).