APPARATUS FOR CENTERING COILED MATERIAL Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: equipment for recoiling material at heat treatment and working or cutting strip. SUBSTANCE: apparatus includes rotating guiding member with cylindrical surface. Rest for supporting lower end of rotation axle of cylindrical guiding member is placed on rollers whose axles are mounted in base. Lower working surface of said rest engaging with rollers is defined by circle with center in crossing point of axial line of material feed and mean portion of generatrix of cylindrical surface of said guiding member. Such apparatus provides centering accuracy degree in range of 1 mm from strip axis. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy of centering coiled material due to matching rocking axis of guiding member with axial line of material feed. 3 dwg