Adjusting a targeted temperature profile at the strip head and strip base prior to cross-cutting a metal strip

A facility for cross-cutting a metal strip that is thicker than 4 mm, comprising:

• a roller track configured for feeding the metal strip that is thicker than 4 mm in a direction of transport;
• a finishing line;
• shears located after the finishing line and configured and operable for cross-cutting the metal strip at intervals as the metal strip passes the shears, so that the metal strip is cross-cut into a preceding section of metal strip having a strip tail and a following section of metal strip having a strip head, the strip head of the following section being immediately behind the strip tail of the preceding section in the direction of transport, the shears being unable to cross-cut a strip that is more than 4 mm thick when the metal strip is below a threshold temperature and has a yield strength at the threshold temperature that would not permit cross-cutting by the shears, and the shears being operable to cross-cut the metal strip along a cross-cut region located between the strip head of the following section and the strip tail of the preceding section;
• at least one controllable cooling facility located after the finishing line and arranged in the direction of transport before the shears;
• a tracking facility configured and operable for tracking the position of the strip head of the following section and the strip tail of the preceding section, at least from the start of the cooling facility up to the shears;
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• a control facility configured and operable to control the controllable cooling facility and the shears as a function of the position of the strip head of the following section and the strip tail of the preceding section to cool the metal strip such that the cross-cut region is hotter than the threshold temperature to have a lower yield strength than the rest of the metal strip when passing by the shears while the rest of the metal strip is at a temperature below the threshold temperature, and for operating the shears for cross-cutting the strip along the cross-cut region.