Scale breaking without conventional bridle rolls, leveling without leveling rollers

Working principle:

Ahead of push-pull pickling lines, Umlauf Bridles replace conventional bridle roll units. While building up high strip tension, Umlauf Bridles perform scale breaking and leveling at the same time. Thanks to their compact design, they require very little installation space. If side trimming takes place ahead of the pickling line, the strip can be pickled at a higher speed.

An Umlauf Bridle arranged ahead of the recoiler pulls the strip through the pickling tank in a precisely controlled way, enabling uniform recoiling with equally precisely controlled back-tension. Here would also be a suitable position for a side trimming unit because, while pulling the strip through the pickling tank, the Umlauf Bridle creates ideal conditions for side trimming.

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