Coil sampling stand and method of taking coil samples
AssigneeNucor Corporation
InventorMontgomery Keyt
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to a coil sampling stand apparatus which generally has a frame, at least two rollers operatively coupled to the frame, a roller drive operatively coupled to at least one of the at least two rollers, and a peeler assembly comprising a peeler (e.g., peeler, knife, member with an edge, or the like) that is configured to engage and disengage a coil between the at least two rollers. The steel coil may be positioned onto the at least two rollers on the frame of the coil sampling apparatus. The peeler is engaged with the coil and the coil is rotated in order to allow the peeler to peel a tail edge of a layer of the coil off the coil and pass the tail edge and layer of the coil peeled off of the coil under at least one of the rollers.
Claims20
A coil sampling stand, the coil sampling stand comprising:
- a frame;
- two or more rollers operatively coupled to the frame, wherein the two or more rollers comprise a first roller operatively coupled to the frame and a second roller operatively coupled to the frame;
- and
- a roller drive operatively coupled to at least one of the two or more rollers;
- a peeler assembly comprising a peeler;
- wherein the coil sampling stand is configured to support a coil on the first roller and the second roller, and wherein the first roller and the second roller support the coil on a bottom half of the coil;
- wherein the peeler assembly is configured to actuate the peeler between at least one peeler engaged position and at least one peeler disengaged position with the coil, and wherein the at least one peeler engaged position occurs between the first roller and the second roller on the bottom half of the coil;
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- wherein the roller drive rotates the at least one of the two or more rollers to turn the coil and to allow the peeler to peel a tail edge of the coil from the coil and pass the tail edge of the coil under the second roller.
A method for peeling a layer from a coil using a coil sampling stand, the method comprising:
- positioning a coil on the coil sampling stand, wherein the coil sampling stand comprises a frame, two or more rollers comprising a first roller and a second roller, wherein the two or more rollers are operatively coupled to the frame, a roller drive operatively coupled to at least one of the two or more rollers, and a peeler assembly comprising a peeler, wherein the first roller and the second roller support the coil on a bottom half of the coil;
- actuating the peeler into an engaged position with a coil, wherein the peeler is engaged with the coil between the first roller and the second roller on the bottom half of the coil;
- rotating the coil by utilizing the roller drive to turn the at least one of the two or more rollers;
- peeling a tail edge of a layer of the coil away from the coil using the peeler;
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- directing the tail edge of the layer of the coil under the second roller and towards a sampling location.
A coil sampling stand, the coil sampling stand comprising:
- a frame;
- at least two rollers operatively coupled to the frame;
- a peeler assembly comprising a peeler;
- and
- wherein the coil sampling stand is configured to support a coil on the at least two rollers on a bottom half of the coil;
- wherein the peeler of the peeler assembly is configured to be positioned in at least one peeler engaged position and at least one peeler disengaged position with the coil between the at least two rollers on the bottom half of the coil;
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- wherein the at least two rollers allow the coil to turn and the peeler to peel a tail edge and layer of the coil from the coil between the at least two rollers on the bottom half of the coil and pass the tail edge of the coil under one of the at least two rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.