Abstract: A web of metal is unwound from a coil and cut into longitudinal strips which are directed into corresponding loops and then through tension units to a set of strip rewind units each having a horizontal mandrel. Each rewind mandrel has a driven center shaft which supports independent mandrel sections for receiving and rewinding the separate strips into corresponding coils. Each mandrel section has a set of collapsible coil support shoes and is driven by a corresponding air actuated clutch. The air pressure to each clutch is precisely varied by a control system which senses changes in the corresponding loop in the steel strip so that each steel strip is rewound independently of the other steel strips. Thus all of the steel strips are rewound at substantially constant tension into corresponding rewind coils independent of variations in thickness of the strips and in elongation of the strips due to internal stresses.

Abstract: A free standing strip oiler and feeder adapted to oil both sides of a metal strip and feed it to a press comprising coacting powered feed rolls which receive and feed a strip to a straightening roller followed by means for coating the upper surface of the strip with lubricant, a pair of coacting squeegee rolls for smoothing the lubricant on the upper surface of the strip, means for coating the underside of the strip with lubricant and a further roll for finally smoothing the oil on the upper surface of the strip. The oiler and feeder unit is provided with a system for returning excess oil to an oil reservoir which is heated to maintain the oil at the proper and desired flow standards.