Abstract: In a coiler-furnace unit comprising a coiler having a coiler mandrel arranged for carrying a strip wound on the mandrel, the improvement comprises a heating device arranged for selective movement between a first position wherein the heating device surrounds and heats the coiler mandrel, and a second position wherein the heating device is removed from the coiler mandrel. The heated coiler mandrel heats the strip wound thereon in the second position of the heating device.

Abstract: A coiler-furnace comprises a heat-shielding hood and a coiler having a coiler mandrel for coiling a hot-rolled strip. The mandrel incorporates an electrically energizable heating winding comprising a plurality of inductor coils for heating the coiler strip.

Abstract: A coiler-furnace combination comprises a horizontal coiler, a strip guide which comprises two pressure rollers for forcing the strip against the coil and two part-cylindrical guide segments, one of which precedes the other in the winding sense and adjoins a strip transfer bridge for transferring the strip to and from the coiler, and a strip lifter. To simplify the structure, the two guide segments are secured to arms which pivoted on pivots disposed outside the heat-shielding hood and parallel to the mandrel. The strip lifter is constituted by the delivery edge of that guide segment which succeeds the other in the coiling sense. The strip transfer bridge consists of a roller conveyor and at its end facing the mandrel has a pressure roller for forcing the strip against the coil.