Stitcher
AssigneeSMS group GmbH
InventorsMelanie DOHMEN, Manuel BENDLER
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Abstract
A stitcher (1) for connecting an end portion of an outgoing metal strip to a starting portion of an incoming metal strip for a continuously operated strip processing system comprises a first punching tool (20), which is designed to connect metal strips having a first thickness range and/or strength range to one another, and a second punching tool (30), which is designed to connect metal strips having a second thickness range and/or strength range to one another. Both thickness ranges and/or strength ranges are different from one another.
Claims15
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A stitcher (1) for connecting an end portion of an outgoing metal strip to a starting portion of an incoming metal strip for a continuously operated strip processing system, comprising:
- a first punching tool (20), which is designed to connect the metal strips to one another if their thicknesses are in a first thickness range and/or if their strengths are in a first strength range, and
- a second punching tool (30), which is designed to connect the metal strips to one another if their thicknesses are in a second thickness range and/or their strengths are in a second strength range,
- wherein both thickness ranges and/or strength ranges are different from one another.
A method for connecting an end portion of an outgoing metal strip to a starting portion of an incoming metal strip in a continuously operated strip processing system, comprising:
- connecting the metal strips to one another with a first punching tool (20), if their thicknesses are in a first thickness range and/or their strengths are in a first strength range;
- and
- connecting the metal strips to one another with a second punching tool (30), if their thicknesses are in a second thickness range and/or their strengths are in a second strength range,
- wherein both thickness ranges and/or strength ranges are different from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.