Patent ID: 9358598
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B21B,B26B,F26B

Claim Text:
1. A method for drying a continuously traveling metal strip or metal sheet in a rolling mill, comprising the steps of: cooling the metal strip directly following a hot strip train or the metal sheet after traveling through at least one roll stand in a cooling section by a cooling agent to a low temperature; removing the cooling agent and subsequently moisture remaining on the metal strip or the metal sheet from the metal strip or on the metal sheet by a drying device directly following the cooling section; and ensuring that the cooling agent and the moisture have been removed from the metal strip or the metal sheet by monitoring the moisture on the metal strip or the metal sheet or in the area of the metal strip or of the metal sheet by moisture sensors outside the drying device in an outlet region of the hot strip train where the metal strip leaves the strip train.