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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Rolf Brisberger, Issum, DE;
Peter de Kock, Oberhausen, DE;
SMS Demag AG, Düsseldorf, DE;
Abstract
In a process of hot dip coating of metal strips, in particular, of a hot rolled steel strip, in which the metal strip is transformed into a continuous strip in an unwinding station with an adjoining welding machine, and then the continuous strip is subjected to a downstream modifying process including primary and secondary prickling and, in the final treatment step; in the hot dip coating section, guiding the continuous strip through a melt bath, a variable coating process with reduced costs becomes possible when the continuous strip, in a first treatment step, is directly transported into a pickling installation. In a suitable installation for effecting the process, the primary pickling installation is located in the entry section which is separated from the hot dip coating section by an entry accumulator.