Device and a method for stabilizing a steel sheet

A device for stabilizing an elongated steel sheet when continuously transporting the steel sheet in a transport direction along a predetermined transport path, the device comprises:

• a first pair, a second pair and a third pair of electromagnets with at last one electromagnet on each side of the steel sheet, which are adapted to stabilize the steel sheet with respect to the predetermined transport path, wherein the first and second pairs of electromagnets are elongated in a direction essentially perpendicular to the transport direction, wherein the first and second pairs of electromagnets are arranged in line with each other essentially perpendicular to the transport direction, wherein the first and second pairs of electromagnets are substantially arranged on each side of a longitudinal center line for the steel sheet, wherein the longitudinal center line is essentially parallel to the transport direction, wherein the third pair of electromagnets is arranged adjacent to the longitudinal center line, wherein the third pair of electromagnets is elongated, wherein a longitudinal axis of the third pair of electromagnets extends in a direction transverse to the transport direction over the longitudinal center line or extends along the transport direction in the longitudinal center line, and wherein the length of the electromagnets lies within the interval 300-1000 mm.