Patent ID: 7357011

Claim:
Method for producing metal strip ( 1 ) in an installation ( 2 ), in which a metal strand, especially a thin slab, is brought to a desired temperature and/or is maintained at a desired temperature in a furnace ( 3 , 3 a , 3 b ) and is subjected to a rolling process in a rolling train ( 4 ) downstream of the furnace ( 3 , 3 a , 3 b ) in the direction of conveyance (R) of the metal strand ( 1 ), wherein the metal strand ( 1 ) is subjected to at least one descaling operation during its residence time in the furnace ( 3 , 3 a , 3 b ), wherein the descaling operation in the furnace ( 3 , 3 a , 3 b ) is carried out in a moving location in the furnace ( 3 , 3 a , 3 b ), and wherein the descaling operation is carried out by a descaling system located in the furnace and connected with moving devices for allowing the system to move in the direction of conveyance.