Patent ID: 7398666

Claim:
An installation for rolling a metal strip, comprising at least one reversing, rolling mill stand ( 8 ); first ( 1 ) and second ( 6 ) unwinding reels for receiving, respectively, first ( 2 ) and second ( 7 ) coils of to-be-rolled first ( 3 ) and second ( 10 ) strips, respectively; an apparatus ( 4 ) for welding a beginning of one of the first and second strips ( 3 , 10 ) with an end of another of the first and second strip ( 3 , 10 ) and arranged downstream of the first and second reels ( 1 , 6 ) and upstream of the rolling mill stand ( 8 ); a strip store ( 5 ) arranged between the welding apparatus ( 4 ) and the rolling mill stand ( 8 ); and a winding-up reel ( 9 ) arranged downstream of the rolling mill stand ( 8 ) for receiving a rolled strip.