MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647066636 A) filed by Sms Group Gmbh on May 27, 2026, for Apparatus And Method For Producing A Hot-Rolled Metal Strip.

Inventors include Sprock, August; Kastner, Andreas; Hassel, Christoph; and Cramer, Ulrich.

The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) and a method for producing a hot-rolled metal strip (2), wherein the apparatus (1) has: a finishing train (10), with at least one roll stand (11), which has work rolls forming a roll gap, for hot-rolling the metal strip (2); and a quick-cooling device (20), which is directly downstream of the roll gap of the last roll stand (11...