Apparatus and method for correcting misalignment of a strip
AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorGerardus Johannes Catharina Van Laar
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Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for correcting misalignment of a strip, wherein the apparatus includes a correction device with an alignment surface for supporting a strip in a support plane, wherein the support plane extends at a support angle with respect to a first vertical plane in a range of five to thirty degrees, wherein the support plane intersects with a second vertical plane that is perpendicular to the first vertical plane at an intersecting line, wherein the correction device further includes one or more correction elements for exerting a displacement force onto said strip in a correction direction parallel to the support plane and transverse to the intersecting line.
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An apparatus for correcting misalignment of a strip, wherein the apparatus comprises a correction device with an alignment surface for supporting a strip in a support plane, wherein the support plane extends at a support angle with respect to a first vertical plane in a range of five to thirty degrees, wherein the support plane intersects with a second vertical plane that is perpendicular to the first vertical plane at an intersecting line, wherein the correction device further comprises one or more correction elements located at the same side of the alignment surface that is arranged for supporting the strip, wherein the one or more correction elements are arranged for exerting a displacement force onto said strip in a correction direction parallel to the support plane and transverse to the intersecting line, wherein the one or more correction elements comprise one or more attraction elements for attracting the strip in the correction direction.
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