Patent ID: 9586250
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B21B,B21C

Claim:
1. An installation for coiling and on-line inspection of a continuously-rolled metal strip to be coiled, comprising, downstream from a last rolling stand, in a main line, a first shears ( 4 ) for successively cutting the strip a first time and a second time after the strip has advanced over a certain length to obtain a strip specimen cut in a strip tail and having a predetermined length, a coiling station ( 3 ) having at least one coiling mandrel ( 10 , 20 ) for coiling the strip, and an inspection table ( 8 ) for detecting faults on at least one of the faces of the strip specimen, wherein the inspection table ( 8 ) is part of a separate, inspection line, and parallel to the main line, and wherein the installation further comprises an insertion table ( 6 ), initially situated between the shears ( 4 ) and the coiling station ( 3 ) in the main line and able to be moved by means of a conveyor ( 15 ) from said main line toward the inspection line while being parallel to the main line so that the insertion table ( 6 ) allows to transport, toward the inspection table ( 8 ), the strip specimen cut in the strip tail and having a predetermined length, said predetermined length corresponding at least partially to the length of the insertion table ( 6 ).