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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kunio Isobe, Chiba, JP;
Takaaki Hira, Chiba, JP;
Takayuki Naoi, Kurashiki, JP;
Hideyuki Nikaido, Kurashiki, JP;
Kozo Fujiwara, Kurashiki, JP;
Shigeru Ueki, Kurashiki, JP;
Kouzou Ishikawa, Kurashiki, JP;
Toshihiro Hanada, Kurashiki, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72206 ; 72235 ;
Abstract
A slab is successively fed between periodically moving press tools to reduce the slab in a widthwise direction. In this method, the leading and tail end portions of a given length in the slab are reduced at a reduced width wider than that of remaining steady portion.