Patent ID: 6344100
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: B21B,B23P,B65G,C23C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of resurfacing a traction roll that is used in equipment for transporting sheet material at a manufacturing facility, comprising: providing a supply reel of a narrow, thin, metal strip at a treating location remote from the manufacturing location, continuously unwinding the metal strip from the supply reel at the treating location for continuous travel through a treating station and rewinding onto a takeup reel, thermal spray coating the metal strip as it travels through the treating station, said coating forming a roughened surface on the metal strip, transporting the roughened surface treated reel of metal strip to the manufacturing facility at which the roll to be resurfaced is located, unwinding the roughened surface treated metal strip from the takeup reel, and helically wrapping and removably attaching the metal strip onto the surface of the roll in order to form a roughened surface on the roll.