Device for guiding band material and applications thereof
AssigneeUnion Siderurgique du Nord et de l'Est de la France
InventorCharles Brun
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Abstract
The device is so improved as to decrease the tensile forces to be exerted on the band. For this purpose, the axes of the lower rollers and upper rollers, when viewed in projection on a horizontal plane, make with the perpendicular to the line of travel of the band equal and opposite angles. Application in particular in vertical band accumulating means in continuous heat treatment furnaces.
Claims9
A device for guiding a band of material, comprising at least two series of rollers having axes of rotation contained in different horizontal planes and means supporting said series of rollers, the band passing alternately from a roller of one series to a roller of the other series, wherein, when viewed in projection on a horizontal plane, the axes of the rollers of one of said series are parallel to each other and make with the axes of the rollers of the other of said series an acute angle a whose bisector is perpendicular to the mean direction of travel of the band through the device, the axes of the rollers of said other series being parallel to each other.
An installation for treating a band comprising heating chamber and a device for guiding the band, said device comprising at least two series of rollers having axes of rotation contained in different horizontal planes and means supporting said series of rollers, the band passing alternately from a roller of one series to a roller of the other series, wherein, when viewed in projection on a horizontal plane, the axes of the rollers of one of said series are parallel to each other and make with the axes of the rollers of the other of said series an acute angle a whose bisector is perpendicular to the means direction of travel of the band through the device, the axes of the rollers of said other series being parallel to each other, said heating means being disposed and oriented in such manner as to extend in gaps between adjacent portions of the band.
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