Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Führen eines Stabes zu einer Spaltstation

摘要

A method and apparatus (15,16) for accurately slitting a rod (10) into two equal sections (10') in which the rod is longitudinally advanced to a slitter and is laterally shifted by an in-line guide adjustment system (20) or 1GA so that the slit sections will be equal. The rod sections are measured by the 1GA (21) after slitting to evaluate any difference in size therebetween while the sections are advancing, and the 1GA transversely shifts the rod before it enters the slitter to eliminate any size differential between the slit sections. The sizes of the sections are measured by measuring the size of loops (19) formed by the sections when they leave the slitter. The method and apparatus are especially applicable to a system in which the rod is advanced at relatively high speed through the roll stands (17,18) without twisting the rod between the stands or before and after the slitter. Also, the slit rod sections are advanced along separate lines in which the rod sections pass through roll stands without twisting.