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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yukihiro Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Hioka, Tokyo, JP;
Noriki Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Arakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
JFE STEEL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cold-rolled steel strip manufacturing facility includes: a joining device configured to join a trailing end of a preceding steel strip and a leading end of a following steel strip to form a joined steel strip; a looper configured to store the joined steel strip; a heating device configured to heat a joint portion between the preceding steel strip and the following steel strip over an entire width direction; and a cold rolling mill configured to cold-roll the joined steel strip for which the joint portion was heated by the heating device, wherein the heating device is switchable between an output state and a non-output state, and during a period in which the joint portion passes through the heating device, is switched to the output state.