Patent ID: 7827872

Claim:
A device ( 100 ) for guiding a strip ( 200 ), especially a metal strip, which comprises: at least one bearing block ( 120 ); a roll ( 130 ) that is rotatably supported in the one or more bearing blocks and guides the strip ( 200 ); and a measuring apparatus ( 140 ) for detecting the roll force that acts on the roll during the guidance of the strip; where the measuring apparatus ( 140 ) comprises: a sensor unit ( 142 ) for detecting the deformation of the bearing block ( 120 ) during the guidance of the strip ( 200 ); and an evaluation unit ( 144 ) for computing the roll force that acts on the roll ( 130 ) from the deformation of the bearing block detected by the sensor unit ( 142 ), wherein the bearing block ( 120 ), whose deformation is being measured, has a cavity ( 122 ) or a recess, at least one of the sensor unit ( 142 ) and the evaluation unit ( 144 ) being mounted in the cavity.