Patent ID: 7107807

Claim:
A roll forming machine including, in line, a device for unwinding metal strip from a strip-carrying reel, a cutter for cutting the strip, and a forming section defining a sheet path, characterised in that the forming section includes a plurality of forming rolls; said forming rolls being arranged in first and second opposed rows along opposed sides of the sheet path; a plurality of forming stations defined by said plurality of forming rolls, each of said forming stations being defined by a pair of said forming rolls; each of said forming rolls being mounted on a one-sided support shaft; wherein the forming rolls on both of said opposed rows are movable across the forming section by motorized drive means, and an edge cutter is allocated to each of said opposed rows and is coupled for movement together with the first of said forming stations defined by a first pair of said plurality of forming rolls; and first and second cutters having profiled cutting edges are allocated to said first and second opposed rows, respectively, and are disposed downstream of the last of said forming stations defined by said plurality of forming rolls on said first and second opposed rows.