METHOD OF DIVIDING LOGS OF HEATED METAL INTO BILLETS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE METHOD

摘要

In the shearing of successive logs (28,37) of heated metal to form billets, a trailing end portion (34) of one log and a leading end portion of a following log are used to form two billets, each of these billets comprising one part (35,36) formed from the first log and another part formed from the following log (37).