Process and device for the reduction of the amount of liquids remaining on flat stock after a rolling process

A process for the removal or the controlled reduction of the amount of liquid remaining on a flat stock having two opposing edges after a rolling process, said flat stock moving in a direction generally parallel to said opposing edges, said process comprising placing at least two rolls located one after the other upon the flat stock, and forming a common chamber between two adjacent rolls in conjunction with these and at least one housing unit, and where a film of moisture from said liquid is present between the adjacent rolls on the flat stock, removing said film of moisture solely by flowing a gas stream across the film of moisture, including directing a gas stream transversely across the direction of motion of the flat stock from at least one of the edges of the flat stock toward an exhaust connection and exhausting said gas stream through this chamber and, removing said gas stream from the chamber by way of an exhaust connection opening located opposite to the flat stock.

A device for removal and controlled reduction of an amount of a liquid remaining on a flat stock having two opposing edges and a width and a surface between said two opposing edges, said flat stock moving through said device in a direction generally parallel to said opposing edges, such as after a rolling process, said liquid forming a film of moisture on said flat stock, said removal caused by a gas stream which flows across the film of moisture on said flat stock, at least two rolls with central axes and which are placed upon the flat stock and disposed on said flat stock surface transverse to the direction of movement of the flat stock, said device further comprising a plurality of exhaust chambers which are open toward the opposing edges of the flat stock and have an exhaust connection, each of said plurality of exhaust chambers always located between two adjacent rolls of said at least two rolls and formed jointly by said two adjacent rolls, said surface and at least one housing unit, said device further comprising means for exhausting said gas stream to said exhaust connection of said exhaust chambers for the removal of the gas stream and the liquid therein from the exhaust chamber.

A process for the removal or the controlled reduction of the amount of liquid remaining on a flat stock having two opposing edges after a rolling process, said flat stock moving in a direction generally parallel to said opposing edges, said process comprising placing at least one pair of rolls upon the flat stock, each pair including two adjacent rolls located one after the other, each said pair of rolls forming a common chamber between said two adjacent rolls comprising said pair, said chamber additionally formed by at least one housing unit, said chamber having an exhaust connection opening extending therefrom and where a film of moisture from said liquid is present between the adjacent rolls on the flat stock, removing said film of moisture solely by a gas stream flowing across the film of moisture, including said gas stream flowing transversely across the direction of motion of the flat stock from at least one of the edges of the flat stock toward said exhaust connection and exhausting said gas stream through said chamber and, removing said gas stream from the chamber by way of said exhaust connection opening located opposite to the flat stock.