Device and method for handling a metal strip

Method for handling a metal strip, with the following steps:

• winding the metal strip to form a coil (200) on a coiling mandrel (112) of a coiling device (110);
• transferring the coil (200) from the coiling mandrel to a coil stripper car (120);
• removing the coil on the coil stripper car from the coiling device;
• applying a first hold-down force (F1) with at least one component in direction of the gravity force to the outer circumference of the coil (200) with a first hold-down arm (130) for pressing the coil (200) onto the coil stripper car (120) during the transfer of the coil from the coiling mandrel onto the coil stripper car, and while the coil is being removed from the coiling device (110),
• characterized by
• applying a second down force (F2) with at least one component in direction of the gravity force in the eye of the coil using a second hold-down arm for pressing the coil on the supports of the coil stripper car, after the coil on the coil stripper car has been removed at least some distance from the coiling device, and before the end of the range of the first hold-down arm has been reached, and
• removing the first hold-down arm (130) from the coil (200) after the second hold-down arm (150) engages in the eye of the coil (200).