Work roll scraper for roller levelers

A scraping device for use with work rolls of a roller leveler assembly, comprising:

• a first wall having two angled portions and a straight portion extending between said angled portions;
• a second wall having two angled portions and a straight portion extending between said angled portions;
• said first wall and second wall end connected to each other via said straight portions;
• wherein said angled portions of said first wall extend in an opposite direction from said angled portions of said second wall.

A method of continuously cleaning work rolls of a roller leveler assembly, comprising the steps of:

• providing a scraper device having a central member and a pair of angled walls on opposite ends of said central member, said angled walls extending in opposite directions from each other;
• inserting said scraper device between adjacent work rolls of said roller leveler and slightly flexing said angled walls of said scraper device;
• supporting said scraper device on said adjacent work rolls of said roller leveler such that edges of said angled walls contact outer surfaces of said work rolls;
• and
• cleaning said work rolls via the edges of the angled walls scraping an outer surface of the work rolls.