Abstract: A method and a lubricant application device for regulating flatness and/or roughness of a metal strip in the outlet of a cold rolling stand by suitable metering of the amount of a lubricant per unit time applied to the metal strip in the inlet of the cold rolling stand. The invention that the applied amount of lubricant is metered in the form of a quantitative distribution over the width of the metal strip per unit time according to a detected control deviation between an actual and a desired flatness distribution over the width of the metal strip in the outlet of the cold rolling stand or a control deviation between an actual and a desired roughness distribution over the width of the metal strip in the outlet of the cold rolling stand or a combination of the two control deviations.

Abstract: Crank scissors, especially for cutting rolling strips, having two pairs of blades which can be secured to the blade carriers. The blade carriers are arranged in an opposite position on a vertical plane in a pair of eccentric drive shafts. Double-joint arrangements are maintained in a pivotable manner on torque-supporting levers co-operating with hydraulic control units that engage the levers. The blade carriers form pairs of heating surfaces, which are parallel to the axis, for the pairs of blades on approximately radial projections. The upper pair of blades is arranged on the inner, bearing surfaces of an arc-shaped recess of the upper blade carrier which are oriented towards each other, and the lower pair of blades is arranged on a relatively narrow projection on the outer bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A method of equalizing a solidification process of molten metal produced, in particular, during strip casting, includes subjecting the molten metal to an electromagnetic stirring process, with a magnetic field is applied to the molten metal located upstream of the area of the electromagnetic stirring process. The electromagnetic stirring includes applying, during the solidification process, at least one electromagnetic field to an already solidified, external region (11) of the molten metal (10).