The flattener is located next to the and straightener. It's used to flatten the head and trail of the strip and feed the strip into the shear welder.

位于直头机之后，用于矫平带钢的头部和尾部，并将带钢送入剪切对焊机。

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The end straightener is used together with the uncoiler, it leads the head of the strip out of the uncoiler, straightens it and feeds it into the flattener.

直头机与开卷机配合使用，从开卷机上引出钢带关部，送入矫平机理行矫平。

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To deduce the formulas for evaluating feed diameter, roller diameter and rolling moment of flattener, obtain the practical formulas and give a computer program.

对扁丝机的进料直径、轧辊直径和轧制力矩的计算公式进行推导，得出了实用计算公式并提供了计算程序。

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The strategy might have been a flattener curve trade.

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Beyond that, the expenses involved with FLAT are higher than most fixed-income ETFs and ETNs. iPath U.S. Treasury Flattener has an annual expense ratio of 0.75% and also dings investors with a one-cent hit to NAV when it rolls the contracts it tracks.

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