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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1995
Setsuo Hotani, Wakayama-ken, JP;
Hotani Co., Ltd., Wakayama-ken, JP;
Abstract
A method of polishing or grinding metal strips moving longitudinally thereof, the method comprising brushing or polishing the metal strip using a brush roll which is rotatable and is held, during rotation, in contact with the strip surface pressed by the brush roll while supplying a mixture of a grinding fluid or water with abrasive grains to a portion of strip surface to be brushed or polished, the brush roll having a plurality of abrasive members each comprising a plurality of rod-shaped elastic supports and a plurality of abrasive tips, the abrasive tips being formed from a mixture of abrasive grains and a resin and attached to the forward ends of the supports, and the plurality of abrasive members being mounted in clusters on a roll shaft, wherein the strip surface is brushed by the brush roll under a pressure of at least 1 kg/cm.sup.2 and wherein the abrasive members have elasticity commensurate with stiffness which permits the ends of abrasive members to contact with the strip during brushing under the pressure, and the abrasive members have forward ends of at least 2 mm in diameter.