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US 10,328,520 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for trimming a side of steel plate
AssigneePosco
InventorsChoong Soo Lim, Hyeong Jun Huh, Sung Joon Kwak, Sang Ho Park
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Abstract
A side trimming apparatus including a cutting unit which is installed on at least one side of a steel plate being transferred and trims a side of the steel plate by mechanical cutting and a laser processing unit which is installed in front of the cutting unit and emits a laser beam to a portion of the steel plate to be cut to form a groove at the portion to be cut or preheat the portion to be cut, and a side trimming method using the same are provided.
Claims11
A side trimming apparatus comprising:
- a cutting unit which is installed on at least one side of a steel plate being transferred and trims a side of the steel plate through mechanical cutting;
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- a laser processing unit which is installed in front of the cutting unit and emits a laser beam to a portion of the steel plate to be cut to form a groove at the portion to be cut or preheat the portion to be cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.