Device for drying a metal strip

Treatment device (1) intended for drying a laminated strip comprising:

• two crosspieces (2, 3), lower and upper, extending transversely to the metal strip, on either side of the strip, the upper crosspiece (2) carrying an upper pressure cylinder (4) and pressure rollers (5) of said upper pressure cylinder, the lower crosspiece (3) carrying a lower pressure cylinder (6) and pressure rollers (7) of said lower pressure cylinder,
• actuation means (Vh) and guiding means (Gl) enabling the crosspieces (2, 3) to pass from a separated, or so-called idle, position (P1), to a close, or so-called working, position (P2), for which the two pressure cylinders (4, 6), lower and upper, arranged on either side of the strip, transversely to the direction of travel, are each intended to be applied in pressure on the strip by means of said pressure rollers (5, 7) distributed along the length of the pressure cylinder, and along at least two axes of rotation (A4;
• A7) parallel with the longitudinal axis of said pressure cylinder,
• wherein, for each crosspiece (2;
• 3), lower and upper,
• a first sliding member (50;
• 70) supports all of said pressure rollers (5;7) associated with the lower or upper pressure cylinder, the first sliding member (50;
• 70) being a removable element of the crosspiece (2;
• 3), by sliding said sliding member along the longitudinal axis of the crosspiece,
• a second sliding member (40;
• 60) supports the pressure cylinder (4;
• 6), lower or upper, the second sliding member being a removable element of the crosspiece, by sliding said sliding member along the longitudinal axis of the crosspiece,
• and so as to enable the removal of said pressure cylinder (4;
• 6) by sliding said second sliding member (40;
• 60), while the first sliding member (50;
• 70) and the corresponding pressure rollers (5;
• 7) are kept in said crosspiece (2;
• 3).