Method and device for winding hot-rolled strip

1. A method for coiling hot-rolled strip ( 1 ), comprising the steps of:

providing a coiler mandrel ( 4 );

providing at least a first pressing device ( 7 );

providing at least a second pressing device ( 8 ) so that the second pressing device is spaced from the first pressing device in a circumferential direction of the coiler material;

where the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) is pressed against the coiler mandrel ( 4 ) by the first pressing device ( 7 ) and the second pressing device ( 8 ); and, a prebending device between the first pressing device ( 7 ) and the second pressing device ( 8 ), the prebending device pushes or pulls the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) radially away from the coiler mandrel ( 4 ) by a force acting on the inside surface ( 10 ) of the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) that is being coiled and thus subjecting the hot-rolled strip to prebending.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) is subjected to prebending during the entire coiling operation.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) is prebent at the beginning of the coiling operation.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the position of the prebending device ( 6 ) with respect to the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) and/or the force with which the prebending device ( 6 ) pushes against the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) is automatically controlled by suitable means during the coiling operation.

5. A device for coiling hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) with

a coiler mandrel ( 4 ),

at least a first pressing device ( 7 ),

at least a second pressing device ( 8 ) spaced from the first pressing device in a circumferential direction of the coiler mandrel,

a third pressing device arranged after the first and second pressing devices in the circumferential direction of the coiler mandrel,

where the first pressing device, the second pressing device and the third pressing device are arranged after one another in the circumferential direction of the coiler mandrel so as to press the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) against the coiler mandrel ( 4 ), and

a prebending device ( 6 ), which is in contact with the inside surface ( 10 ) of the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) that is being coiled, is arranged between and spaced from the first pressing device ( 7 ) and the second pressing device ( 8 ) in the circumferential direction of the coiler mandrel so that the prebending device pushes or pulls the hot rolled strip between the first pressing device and the second pressing device so as to apply a radial force directed radially outward, away from the coiler mandrel ( 4 ) and against an inside surface of the hot-rolled strip so that the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) is deformed.

6. A device in accordance with claim 5 , comprising an automatic control device for automatically controlling the position of the prebending device in relation to the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) by means of a control element and/or for automatically controlling the force with which the prebending device ( 6 ) is pushed against the hot-rolled strip ( 6 ).

7. A device in accordance with claim 6 , comprising a measuring device for determining parameters, such as the coil diameter, the strip thickness, the grade of the strip material, or the temperature of the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ); and by a computing unit with a computer program for determining a setpoint value for the automatic control of the position or the force of the prebending device ( 6 ) during the coiling of the coil as a function of the magnitude of the determined parameters.

8. A device in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the control element is designed as a pushing or pulling device for suitably positioning a prebending device ( 6 ) in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the strip in relation to the coiler mandrel ( 4 ) or the coil that is being produced as a function of the determined parameters.

9. A device in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the control element is designed to move the prebending device ( 6 ) out of the line of the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ) during or after the coiling of the hot-rolled strip ( 1 ).