摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming a sufficient patterned surface without using a rolling machine and without using an expensive control apparatus for flatness. <P>SOLUTION: There is provided a method of texturing a metal sheet or a strip (8), which method comprises a plurality of sequential texturing passes each of which is performed by passing the sheet or the strip (8) between at least one pair of rollers (7), wherein at least one of each pair of rollers (7) has a textured pattern on the surface thereof and the textured patterns is transferred to the sheet or the strip (8) during each texturing pass, and wherein the textured surface on the sheet or the strip (8) resulting from each pass overlaps with that from the one or more other passes to form a final textured pattern. There is also provided an apparatus for texturing a metal sheet or the strip (8). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |