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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Michiel Adrianus Henricus Van Der Aa, Veghel, NL;
Hendrikus Christianus Engelbertus Van Der Aa, Haarlem, NL;
Hendrik Bastiaan Ras, Heemskerk, NL;
Willem Jan Van Veenen, Beverwijk, NL;
Corus Staal BV, Ca Ijmuiden, NL;
Abstract
Process for the wall ironing of a product in sheet form, which is formed from a metal sheet coated on at least one side with a layer of plastic, the wall-ironing tool comprising a forming surface which the product with a plastic coating layer moves along during the wall ironing, and the forming surface being at an entry angle with respect to the direction of movement of the product, whereby the entry angle varies over the length of the forming surface, in the direction of movement of the product past the forming surface, this entry being smaller in a starting zone of the forming surface than in the subsequent zone thereof.