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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Takechi, Kisarazu, JA;
Mitsunobu Abe, Kisarazu, JA;
Ryoseki Katsutani, Kisarazu, JA;
Yoshio Saito, Futsu, JA;
Assignee:
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ; B21B / ; C21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72128 ; 72160 ; 72201 ; 148 / ;
Abstract
A method for levelling a metal strip or sheet in which the metal strip or sheet is subjected to repeated bending by means of a roll arrangement of two or more rolls having a diameter of at least 600 times the thickness of the metal while cooling the metal strip or sheet from at least about 210.degree. C to about 50.degree. C at a cooling rate not lower than a critical cooling rate C as defined by the following formula but not higher than 200.degree. C/sec., ##EQU1##