A reversing reel includes a rotor, on which a reel mandrel with a rotary drive for winding strip into a coil is eccentrically arranged. A driven mandrel support device includes a mandrel support that has a bearing head for supporting a free end of the reel mandrel. The bearing head is movable with the reel mandrel when the reel mandrel is transferred from an initial-winding position into a final-winding position. The mandrel support is a first piston-cylinder arrangement, and the mandrel support is supported in a pivotable manner via a mandrel-support bearing on a slide that is movable tangentially to a circular path of the reel mandrel. The inclination of the mandrel support and the position of the bearing head are adjustable such that the mandrel support is oriented in accordance with a resultant force from the weight force of the coil and the tensile force on the strip.

Provided is a steel sheet for cans. A steel sheet for cans comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.010% or more and 0.130% or less, Si: 0.04% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 1.00% or less, P: 0.007% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.0005% or more and 0.0090% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, Ti: 0.0050% or more and 0.1000% or less, and Cr: 0.08% or less, and satisfying a relationship 0.005≤(Ti*/48)/(C/12)≤0.700 where Ti*=Ti−1.5S, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; a microstructure in which a proportion of cementite in ferrite grains is 10% or less; and an upper yield strength of 550 MPa or more.

Provided is a steel sheet for cans. A steel sheet for cans comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.010% or more and 0.130% or less, Si: 0.04% or less, Mn: 0.10% or more and 1.00% or less, P: 0.007% or more and 0.100% or less, S: 0.0005% or more and 0.0090% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.100% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, Ti: 0.0050% or more and 0.1000% or less, and Cr: 0.08% or less, and satisfying a relationship 0.005≤(Ti*/48)/(C/12)≤0.700 where Ti*=Ti−1.5S, with a balance consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; a microstructure in which a proportion of cementite in ferrite grains is 10% or less; and an upper yield strength of 550 MPa or more.

Disclosed is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet low in iron loss that is substantially free of Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn. The disclosed non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a chemical composition containing C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 2.0% to 6.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, and Al: 0.0050 % or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which Si—Mn nitrides having an average diameter of 50 nm to 500 nm has a number density of 1/μm.sup.3 or less.

Disclosed is a non-oriented electrical steel sheet low in iron loss that is substantially free of Al and contains large amounts of Si and Mn. The disclosed non-oriented electrical steel sheet has a chemical composition containing C: 0.0050% or less, Si: 2.0% to 6.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, N: 0.0050% or less, and Al: 0.0050 % or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which Si—Mn nitrides having an average diameter of 50 nm to 500 nm has a number density of 1/μm.sup.3 or less.

A method to produce rotors or stators of electric machines having radial grooves into which webs of flat windings having parallel webs and winding heads connecting said webs being pulled, wherein a winding is produced on a rotating, strip-shaped flat former shorter than the winding such that windings are pulled off the former and transferred into a linear transfer device, which transports the windings to a removal position at which the windings are transferred into radial grooves of a rotor or of the transfer tool for transfer into radial grooves of a stator, wherein the former, the transfer device, and the rotor or the transfer tool being jointly rotated about an axis of rotation of the former when rotated to form windings.

A method to produce rotors or stators of electric machines having radial grooves into which webs of flat windings having parallel webs and winding heads connecting said webs being pulled, wherein a winding is produced on a rotating, strip-shaped flat former shorter than the winding such that windings are pulled off the former and transferred into a linear transfer device, which transports the windings to a removal position at which the windings are transferred into radial grooves of a rotor or of the transfer tool for transfer into radial grooves of a stator, wherein the former, the transfer device, and the rotor or the transfer tool being jointly rotated about an axis of rotation of the former when rotated to form windings.

The present invention provides a metal strip coil that can suppress a shape failure at an end portion of the coil. A metal strip coil including a metal strip wound around a winding core, wherein the metal strip is wound from one end side toward the other end side of the winding core, turns back at the other end portion, is wound from the other end side toward the one end side of the winding core, turns back at the one end portion, and is repeatedly wound in such a manner, wherein in the turnback, the metal strip has a turnback portion at which the metal strip is wound in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the winding core, in a side view of the metal strip coil, the turnback portion is arcuate, and the turnback portions are formed in a multistage manner from the inner circumference toward the outer circumference, and a line connecting a midpoint of the arcuate arc with the center of the arc is formed so as to rotate stepwise in one direction, in an order of the arcuate turnback portions which are formed in a multistage manner from the inner circumference to the outer circumference.

The present invention provides a metal strip coil that can suppress a shape failure at an end portion of the coil. A metal strip coil including a metal strip wound around a winding core, wherein the metal strip is wound from one end side toward the other end side of the winding core, turns back at the other end portion, is wound from the other end side toward the one end side of the winding core, turns back at the one end portion, and is repeatedly wound in such a manner, wherein in the turnback, the metal strip has a turnback portion at which the metal strip is wound in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the winding core, in a side view of the metal strip coil, the turnback portion is arcuate, and the turnback portions are formed in a multistage manner from the inner circumference toward the outer circumference, and a line connecting a midpoint of the arcuate arc with the center of the arc is formed so as to rotate stepwise in one direction, in an order of the arcuate turnback portions which are formed in a multistage manner from the inner circumference to the outer circumference.

A container includes an outer box, and a polygonal liner located within the outer box. The polygonal liner has a plurality of vertical walls. A continuous length of wire is located within the polygonal liner and forms a plurality of layers. Each of the layers is comprised of a series of wire loops arrayed polygonally along the vertical walls of the polygonal liner.