METHOD OF MAKING METAL FIBERS, IN PARTICULAR OF STEEL

The method is used to make metal fibers, more particularly steel fibers, from strip-shaped flat material, where the metal fibers have a substantially rectangular cross-section, and at least one of the wide side faces, preferably both of the wide side faces, is provided with at least one V-shaped anchor groove running longitudinally of the fiber. First, a material matched to the strength required for the metal fibers when they are used later on is used as the metal strip. In a first production line the metal strip, is fed from a coil to a straightening and transporting unit (3) by a driven and controlled unwinder (1). Downstream of a crop shear (4) that forms the leading end of the strip, the metal strip is fed to a profiling roll pair (6) consisting of an upper roll and a lower roll and forming a rolling tool. The profiling roll pair introduces anchor grooves and fracture grooves. Subsequently, the metal strip passes through a combined scoring and straightener (7) for scoring or straightening the anchor lines in the fracture grooves by means of one or more scoring roller pairs, and the metal strip is finally wound as a coil again by a winder (8). Thereafter, the last process step of the fiber make is carried out at a longitudinal and transverse dividing unit.