Method and device for continuous treatment of a metal strip

摘要

The apparatus has a heat-treatment device (2) which is provided to pass a metal strip (1) without contacting with the metal strip. A strip centering device (7) is provided to adjust the position of the metal strip in a strip-travel plane to transverse to a strip-travel direction. An upstream inlet end of the heat-treatment device is provided with a heating zone (3) while a downstream outlet end is provided with a cooling zone (4). The strip centering device is arranged within the cooling zone. An independent claim is included for a method for continuously treating metal strip.