Method for marking a steel strip, and steel strip with a plurality of markers
AssigneeThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
InventorsWolfram Weber, Lothar Patberg, Daniel Overlöper, Thorsten Grünendick
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Abstract
A steel strip with a plurality of markers and a method for marking a steel strip with material properties is provided. The method comprises measuring material properties of the steel strip at a plurality of discrete strip positions. A plurality of markers are applied to the strip edge at the strip positions, each marker from the plurality of markers containing a material identifier relating to the measured material properties at the respective strip position of the marker.
Claims8
A steel strip set, comprising a steel strip and a data container associated with the steel strip, the steel strip having a longitudinal side and a strip edge, wherein the data container comprises a plurality of data sets with unique data set identifiers, with each data set containing material properties of the steel strip, the steel strip having a plurality of markers applied to the strip edge along the longitudinal side at a plurality of discrete strip positions, each marker from the plurality of markers comprising a unique material identifier associated with the material properties of the steel strip at the respective discrete strip position, which is assigned to a unique data set identifier such that this results in a unique assignment of each marker to a data set, with each marker being assigned to the data set which contains the material properties of its respective strip position of the plurality of discrete strip positions.
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